Lagos lawmakers seek more security in coastal areas.

Lagos state House of Assembly has called on the federal government to provide joins security operation in coastal communities in the state to forestall incessant kidnapping being perpetrated by criminals using the waterways. The House has also called the state commissioner of police to ensure the provision and upgrading of police posts in the coastal areas as well as a police command in Epe. It also called on the ministry of education to ensure the enforcement of the resolution of the house in fencing the primary and secondary schools in the state. The lawmakers also called on the state government to, as a matter of urgency begin the implementation of the neighbourhood watch agency law to strengthen security in the coastal areas, and that all the boats plying Lagos waterways should be registered and numbered for easy identification and control.