Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has signed the State Security
Trust Fund Bill passed by the State House of Assembly into Law.
Abiodun signed the Bill into law after it was presented to him
by the Speaker Olakunle Oluomo at the Governor’s office, Oke-Mosan,
Abeokuta on Wednesday.
The Governor also signed into Law the Ogun State Road
Maintenance Agency (Amendment) 2019 passed by the State Assembly,
according to Kunle Somorin, his Chief Press Secretary to the
Governor.
The passing of the Bill and signing into Law, the Ogun State
Road Maintenance Agency (OGROMA), the deplorable township and rural
roads in the State would soon begin to wear new look as the Agency
swings into action.
Abiodun resuscitated the agency to serve as a quick fix
mechanism to address the deplorable condition of township and rural
roads.
He also inaugurated the Committee of the Trust Fund headed by
Mr. Bolaji Balogun to source for money for the acquisition and
deployment of security equipment and such human materials and
financial resources that would be necessary to prevent crime and
preserve public peace.
The Committee is expected to also hold gifts, property and money
for the purpose of crime prevention, mobilise funding and resources
in Cash or kind from the public, private, corporate or
institutional or all other sources and manage those resources in a
transparent and accountable manner for the purpose of Public
security.
The Committee is also to reserve part of the Fund for the
training and retraining of security personnel, as well as do and
perform other functions for the purpose of public security as
contained in the State Security Law 2011as amended by the State
Security Trust Fund Law, 2019.
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