Less than 24 hours after
ex-President Olusgeun Obasanjo raised the alarm over the high level of
insecurity in the country, former President Goodluck Jonathan lent his voice to
the same issue.
When he paid a condolence visit
to Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Afenifere, in Akure, Ondo state capital, on
Tuesday, the ex-president said insecurity is getting worse under President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Although he did not mention the
name of Buhari, he clearly referred to the government headed by his successor.
He challenged the federal
government to come up with new strategies to tackle insecurity, adding that one
could not continue doing old things and expect new results.
“The issue of security must be
approached from a different dimension. We cannot continue the old way because
it is getting out of hand. We hope the federal and state governments will do
something about it,” he said.
“Every generation face problems
and this generation must find ways to solve these problems. Every government
faces problem. The first commercial kidnapping, because it involved money,
happened in 2006 when I was the governor of Bayelsa state. From that time, it
moved to terrorism in the north. Now, it is a major problem in the country.
“The federal government in
conjunction with state government must design a different approach to this
issue. I was there as president and security challenge was there but now, it is
getting worse everyday and we can’t continue to use the same old method.”
More to follow…
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com