The commander-general of Nigerian Hunters and Forest Security Service (NHFSS), Joshua Osatimehin on Thursday, August 18, 2022, appealed to the House of Representatives to expedite the process of concurrence on the Nigerian Hunters and Forest Security Service Establishment Bill, which had been passed into law by the Senate.
Speaking at the commissioning of the national headquarters of the security organisation in Abuja, Osatimehin said the organisation in collaboration with the Police and other security agencies, has been helping to ensure security in forests across the country.
He emphasized that if the Bill establishing the outfit is signed into law, it would go a long way to strengthen its operations.
“We have been rendering a series of auxiliary services to the country. We have collaborated with the existing security agencies like the Nigeria Police, Civil Defence, Army and DSS to strengthen the internal security system.
“You will agree that as hunters, we are present in all the nooks and crannies of our forests and some of these social enemies – the criminals – have made the forest their place of hibernation. Signing our Bill into law will empower us to chase these criminals from the forests.
“The forests belong to hunters, not criminals. If our Bill is signed, that constitutional backup will strengthen our mode of operation to work with other security agencies to curb crimes and criminality in our ungoverned spaces which are majorly the forests, bushes and farmlands,” Osatimehin said.
