Alhassan Ado Doguwa, majority leader of the house of
representatives, says President Muhammadu Buhari has done his best to protect
lives and property.
The legislator said security is everybody’s business, hence
Buhari alone should not be blamed if the nation’s security fails.
Doguwa spoke on Sunday at an event where he and some natives
of Kano were honoured by the Kano state government
The lawmaker was also honoured with the award of the best federal legislator in security by the Kano State Citizens’ Forum, a non-government organisation.
“The security
situation that we face in our country today should be a collective
responsibility,” he said.
“There is no issue of blames trading — trading of blames. It
is not Buhari. It is our own country. We have every entitlement to claim the
indigeneship of this country and we are proud Nigerians. Only if everyone can
bring their hands on deck and until everyone will be on the same page with the
security apparatus and architecture of the federal republic of Nigeria, then we
will continue to have problems.
“It is on this note that I want to say that the federal
government under Muhammadu Buhari has, of course, been doing the best it could
in terms of security the lives and property of the people.
“The budgets we
attend to at every point in time — nobody there gets close to the appropriation
of our security institutions. We call those areas a no-go area — don’t touch
them.
“We have given sufficient funding to all security agencies.
Mr president is always concerned, holding meetings, giving directives, giving
instructions left right and centre all in the effort and commitment to keeping
our homes safe to sleep in.”
Doguwa said governors should learn from the “security
initiatives” of Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, on how to protect their
respective states.
“So, we can only get it right if our governors will continue
the kind of good things and unprecedented security initiatives like that of Dr
Abdullahi Ganduje, the governor of Kano State,” he said.
“The Ulamas are doing
their best. The traditional institutions, I agree with you — you are also doing
your best in your direction. But I want to say that the business of security is
everybody’s business. If the security of this country fails as a state, it is
the collective failure of every one of us, including the citizenry. They have a
role to play.
“I do not mean that the citizenry will just go out, pick
guns and fight the bandits in the forests. You have something to offer —
praying for the country, praying for the leaders, praying for Mr President.”
The lawmaker donated Toyota Hilux trucks to Doguwa and Tudun
Wada police divisions, the military base at Falgore Game Reserve, Kano police
command, 3 Brigade Kano and Karota, among others.
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