Rauf Aregbesola, minister of
interior, says to maintain the country’s security, lost social values need to
be brought back.
Speaking at a town-hall meeting
in Katsina state on Tuesday, Aregbesola said the “moral fabric” of the country
has been destroyed by military rule and “irresponsible” governments.
He said inequality in society
motivates hoodlums to engage in crime.
“In dealing with insecurity, we
need to get to the root of it. It can just be the strong arm, physical approach
– we must get to the root of it. In the many years, since independence, usually
the military rule and irresponsible Nigerian governments, the moral fabric of
our country and our society has been destroyed and we therefore, lost our moral
compass,” the minister said.
“Added to that, is the inequality
that somehow motivate the criminals to want to even want to do this and have
some joy in doing it.
“Therefore, the first step
towards maintaining our security is to bring morality back and that brings to
mind the role of our traditional rulers, religious leaders and all of us.
“We must bring morality back. The
value of honesty, integrity and sanctity of the human life must be brought back
strongly in accordance.”
Also speaking at the event, Aminu
Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, said his state has passed a revised penal code
aimed at tackling crime in the state.
“We have been working with the
security agencies in Kaduna state in the area of provision of vehicles to some
extent, funding, although our resources are very lean,” Tambuwal said.
“Even, yesterday we held a
similar town hall meeting under his eminence the sultan of Sokoto, where
convened this kind of meeting between the people and government of Sokoto,
Kebbi and Zamfara. Like you head from our leader, governor Masari, we have been
to Niger Republic.
“As governors in northern
Nigeria, we met last two years in Kaduna and agreed to review the penal code
because whatever you are doing you have to be looking at the legal framework.
We came up with a revised penal code system for all of our states. Sokoto is
one of those states that have passed the law.”
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