The Sokoto State House of Assembly has approved a proposal by Governor Ahmed Aliyu to establish a Community Guards Corps in the state in a bid to tackle insecurity and banditry.
The House during its plenary on Wednesday, approved the proposal following the consideration of a report by the Joint House Committees on Special Services and Security Matters, Judiciary, Justice, and Human Rights Committee.
The Committee’s Chairman, Alhaji Nasiru Adamu, who addressed journalists at the end of the sitting, said the executive bill underwent thorough scrutiny which resulted in 28 recommendations.
