Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the current challenges
facing Nigeria, including security, are only preparing the country for the
future.
He admitted that the nation is facing security challenges
and there is a need to reorganise its security architecture.
According to a statement on Tuesday by his Senior Special
Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the Vice President spoke on
Monday while receiving the Yakanaje Uke, (in Nasarawa State), Alhaji Ahmed
Hassan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The statement was titled ‘We are re-organising Nigeria’s security architecture – Osinbajo.’
Akande quoted the Vice President as saying, “I believe
strongly that the reason why we are experiencing what we are going through
today is because we are being prepared
for the future.
“A future where we will take into account all of the
problems because if we haven’t gone through the problems we are going through
now, it will be difficult for us to appreciate the importance of fairness and
justice, the importance of giving people a voice and a representation.”
Osinbajo said Nigeria was able to overcome the current
security challenges confronting the nation and this was why the Federal
Government is reorganising the entire security architecture in the country.
He added, “There is no question at all that we are facing
security challenges, but we are able to overcome them. The role of the
leadership is to sit down to think through the problems.
“This is a big
country, so policing is very difficult. There is a need for us to reorganize
our security architecture, which is what is going on now.”
He also attributed the current divisions and conflicts in
the country to a sense of exclusion.
“One of the reasons why we have some of the divisions and
conflicts in the parts of the country is because people do not feel included in
the management of affairs in their localities,” he said.
He commended the traditional ruler for creating an
opportunity where the options are available for bringing appeals to a centre of
fairness and justice for people from across the country, saying it is a step
that should be emulated.
Osinbajo added, “I think that this is the way Nigeria should
be. We should be able to say that no matter where you are from, if you have the
talent, if you work hard, you will succeed wherever you are. You will not be
constrained by your political, ethnic or religious affiliations.
“Every great society that has succeeded in the world is
multiethnic and they succeeded because they brought in talents from all over
the place.”
He urged traditional rulers to leverage the influence they
have over communities to effect positive change for the good of the entire
society.
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