Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says insecurity in Africa most populous country is being weaponised for political reasons.
Okonjo-Iweala spoke on Sunday at the opening ceremony of the
2024 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos
state.
The WTO director-general said there would not be any
development in the country without having adequate security.
“We cannot have socio-economic development without
security,” she said.
“We certainly cannot
have security without development. We all know that security has been
weaponised in our country for political purposes by political actors, leading
partly to the situation we have now.
“We have politicians who believe that the best way to make
their opponents look bad is to instigate insecurity making it look like they
can’t govern, regardless of whether this leads to loss of lives and property of
innocent Nigerians.
“This has to stop.”
Okonjo-Iweala said the massive theft of crude oil has
undermined the country’s financial health.
“Nigerians have seen for years how organised crude oil theft
on a massive scale seriously undermines the economic and financial health of
the country,” the WTO director-general said.
“All Nigerians must agree that stealing of our national
assets of any type is intolerable and must be stopped.”
The former minister added that there is so “much technology”
to track crude oil theft and there should not be any excuses not to do so.
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