FCT minister Nyesom Wike has assured the Nigerian Law School management of maximum security at its Abuja campus in Bwari, Abuja.
Mr Wike made the pledge when a delegation of the school, led by its director-general, Isa Chiroma, visited him in Abuja on Thursday.
He explained that the FCT Administration has ensured heavy security in the Bwari council area, where the Abuja campus of the law school is located.
He said the security deployment was based on intelligence agencies’ intelligence reports to ensure residents’ safety, including private and public institutions in the area.
“We didn’t want to take any chances at all, knowing fully well the intelligence we were getting. So that is why there is so much security within the Bwari area council.
“This is because if anything happens, it will be a setback to the entire country and the FCT,” the minister said.
Mr Wike reiterated the administration’s support to the NLS and pledged to consider the institution’s request to construct staff quarters and provide vehicles.
He noted that it was important for agencies within the FCT to be given necessary support.
“Luckily, the legal profession is my own constituency, and so it will be out of place if they have problems, and I won’t be able to support them. You should take it for granted that the FCT will support you,” Mr Wike said.
He directed the FCTA’s general counsel to liaise with the school management to see how the request for the staff quarters would be captured in the FCTA’s 2024 statutory budget.
On the request for vehicles, the minister said that he would look at available vehicles and make some available for the school.
Earlier, Mr Chiroma appealed to the minister to construct staff quarters and provide vehicles for the school’s Abuja campus.
He also explained that the delegation was in Wike’s office to congratulate him on his appointment as minister of the FCT.
He added that the visit also informed Mr Wike that he is among the NLS’ awardees to be presented at its 60th anniversary.
