Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi said yesterday, Monday 10th of February 2020, that the Western Nigeria Security Network, popularly known as “Amotekun” would be signed into law on Friday, the 14th of February 2020 by the State Governors of the southwest region of Nigeria.
The southwest states include; Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Ekiti, Osun state. Governor Kayode Fayemi announced the bill signing on his office at the official presentation of the draft bill by Mr Wale Fapohunda, the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice.
Many have assumed the main objective of the bill is to fight the Fulani herdsmen because of the recorder clash of the herdsmen with Yoruba farmers and the increased kidnapping and banditry on the highways of the southwest region but according to the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN Commission), the objective for the bill is to continue the good work of Chief Obafemi Awolowo and to further the development of the southwest region of Nigeria and the Yoruba people.
Lagos state aims to further develop its commercial sector, Ogun state to develop its energy and oil sector, Oyo state to develop its agriculture and production sector, Ondo state to develop its agriculture and tourism sector,
Ekiti state to develop its education and tourism, Osun state to develop its agriculture and tourism.
