By Ovat Abeng
The Anambra Special Anti-Touting Squad Agency (SASA), has won this year’s 2024: best enforcement agency award in the state.
The award was bestowed on the agency by Pechilly Investigative Limited/World Peace Advocate after a thorough online voting by various security assessment experts in Nigeria and beyond.
Speaking shortly after presenting the award to the State Director of the Agency, Hon Solomon Chukwuebuka at SASA state headquarters Onitsha on Tuesday, the Chief Executive Officer of Pechilly Investigative Limited, Amb. Karen James, said SASA defeated other security agencies including the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) following their intelligence, dedication and commitment towards curbing bag snatching, pick-pocketing, illegal revenue collections and other touting activities in the state, particularly, in Onitsha and Nnewi respectively within a space of one year and one month in existence.
According to her, the award was to encouraged the agency and those working there to keep doing the great job they are doing and not to be bias and sentimental.
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Amb James while noting that the online assessment voting was globally carry out by Pechilly Investigative Limited, World Peace Advocate, United Nations and Egyptian Embassy, revealed that the gesture will be an annual event to promote peace and unity in Anambra, the South East region, Nigeria and the World at large.
Receiving the award on behalf of the Agency, the State Director, Hon. Solomon Chukwuebuka, dedicating the award to the State Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo for his continues effort in ensuring sanity in Anambra markets, particularly, Onitsha, the commercial city of the State. It is a very big evident that Ndi-Anambra, Onitsha particularly, are seeing what were doing to sanitize Anambra markets from all formed of criminality.
According to him, the award shows that we are delivering our responsibility diligently to the good people of Anambra State.
“Am happy, because, as it stands today, Onitsha have retrieve back it lost glory. Governor Soludo has really done what a good man with a good heart can do. We appreciate him. We are 100 percent okay with his administration vision of making Anambra a peaceful, livable and prosperous state in Nigeria.
This award is a big push for us to work harder to keep Anambra free from touting activities, the SASA boss concluded.
Speaking also at the ceremony, one of the award beneficiaries, Hon Ejike Odife, the coordinator of Ocha Brigade, in charge of Boromeo, roundabout, upper-iweka, Ogbaru LGA and head bridge Onitsha, commended the Managing Director of Ocha Brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere for giving the opportunity to excel in his health professionalism.