Elder statesman, Edwin Clark, on
Tuesday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s address to the nation on Nigeria’s
59th independence anniversary, noting that there was nothing in the speech that
he had not said before.
Clark, who was a guest on
Channels Television, noted that while it was worth commending that Nigerians
have continued to live together in the last 59 years, a lot of issues needed to
be addressed.
Top among the issues highlighted
by Clark are restructuring for a better nation and the security of the lives
and properties of citizens.
“Without restructuring, no
meaningful progress will be achieved in this country,” he said in reaction to
the Independence Day speech by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday.
Contrary to the government’s
position on the war against Boko Haram insurgency, he insisted that the
insurgents have not been decimated.
According to the elder statesman,
there are security problems in the northern and southern parts of the country,
including the activities of armed herdsmen.
“Not a single herdsman has been
captured. They are moving around everywhere – both in the North and South and
with the problem of insecurity in the North-West, things are not okay,” he
said.
The elder statesman added, “We
must put politics aside, as for the security of this country; the Federal
Government cannot do it alone.
“That is why many of us are
suggesting that we should have a security round-table talk. The problem in
Nigeria today is not in the North alone, it’s a national problem which requires
everybody to talk about it.”
He also called on the government
to tackle poverty and unemployment, as well as reduce the number of out of
school children in the country.
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