Former Governor of Kaduma State, Senator Ahmed Mohammed
Makarfi, has faulted the ultimatums given to Nigerians living in various parts
of the country on any problem that may arise.
He noted that the action is counterproductive to solution of
enormous security challenges every growing society is confronted with.
The former Senator explained that agitations against
criminal elements cannot be ignored as people have the legitimate rights to
raised their voices against criminality perpetrated by anybody or group in the
society.
Senator Makarfi advised leaders to rise above sentiments and
emotions by looking more broadly and more holistically at issues and their pros
and cons, in order to ensure justice to all.
Senator Makarfi, in a statement he issued on Thursday in
Kaduna stated that leaders, across partisan and other divides, must also guard
against the temptation to politicised the issue of security and realised that
they must protect the country before playing their politics.
He assured, Leaders of political, religious, traditional,
socio cultural and others must also be smart and guard their utterances and
actions, as the handling of some of the issues arising from some of the problems
requires sensitivity, delicate balancing as well as the capacity to operate
above the fray.
“It is in this light that I consider the issuance of
ultimatums and counter ultimatums to Nigerians living in various parts of the
country by leaders and cultural groups across the divides as counterproductive
and a far cry from the real solution to the problem.”
Senator Makarfi expresses satisfaction with the statement by
the Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum to the effect that no ultimatum has
been given to anybody by any Governor, stating that it is not to say that
agitations against criminal elements are to be ignored.
He cautioned, “But leaders must rise above sentiments and
emotions by looking more broadly and more holistically at issues and their pros
and cons, in order to ensure justice to all.”
Senator Makarfi called on the federal government to
intensify its partnership with the States and other leaders to bring an end to
the banditry, kidnappings and other criminalities across the length and breadth
of the country,
Makarfi enjoyed governments at all levels to do well to be
more accommodating of critics and criticisms and avoid falling into the trap of
always looking at and seeing critics as enemies, adding that “critics are not
necessarily enemies, not even opponents; they just happen to see things from
different perspectives.
“By engaging positively with critics, governments have the
dual advantage of analyses from alternative perspectives as well as the
opportunity to educate the critics on the insights to their own perspectives
that the critics may otherwise be unaware of.”
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