The Nigerian Governor’s Forum, NGF says security situation in the country requires combined effort to address the challenges.
Chairman of the Form and Ekiti state Governor Kayode Fayemi made this known in Ibadan, Oyo state, while delivering the seventh lecture series to mark the 2021 annual birthday ceremony of the Special Adviser to Give Seyi Makinde on Political Affairs, Babatunde Oduyoye, with the theme: “Security and National Unity in Difficult Times”.
He noted that there is no further evidence to prove that Nigerians were all concerned about the security situation than the fact that security is a major item of discourse in most national gatherings.
According to him, whether in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, National Executive Council or National Assembly, media chats, among others, security remains on top of the chart. He added that Nigeria had shown a tremendous resilience in confronting these challenges.
The forum’s Chairman observed that the present situation in the country didn’t warrant politics of blame and opportunistic opposition, but “it is time to build a nation and not to fritter it away.
In his remarks, the Co-chairman of the occasion, former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara called on the Federal Government to stop what he described as “knee-jerk” approach toward ending insecurity challenges in the country. He urged the government investigate the cause of insecurity and design solutions needed to tackle the challenges.
