LAST week, the Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed, to the consternation of the public, that the Federal Government had perfected plans to create an armed unit of the Federal Fire Service (FFS). Besides, on the political angle, the point cannot escape notice that a government that has been unwilling to allow regional security outfits like Amotekun to carry arms is talking of giving fire service men assault weapons. Indeed, crowd control is a very tenuous excuse to give for FFS workers to start carrying firearms in the country. The country already has a security agency for crowd control and there is no point adding crowd control to the responsibilities of the FFS. Members of the Federal Fire Service do not need to carry arms to do their work!

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 14, 2021 02:26 UTC