Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the country must tackle
corruption to be able to address insecurity.
Speaking on Friday at a dialogue on corruption and
insecurity in Abuja, Lawan said deploying the military in troubled parts of the
country is not enough to address the security challenges facing Nigeria.
The event was organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices
and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
“Indeed, this policy dialogue is showing us that to
summarily deal with the ugliness of insecurity in Nigeria requires more than
the deployment of military might,” the senate president said.
“We must look at
social and economic vices like corruption, that enable and even propagate
insecurity.
“As lawmakers, we look forward to the eventual policy brief
that will be shared hereafter to guide the nation’s policy direction in ending
insecurity in Nigeria.”
The senate president also praised the military in its fight
against bandits.
“Only recently, the
president gave a marching order to the armed forces to extinguish bandits,
kidnappers and other criminal agents against the state and her citizens, by
December 2022,” he said.
“This administration is committed to achieving this set
target.
“Accordingly, the past few weeks have seen security agencies
flushing out terrorists from their hideouts in Kaduna Birnin-Gwari axis,
Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto.”
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