He said there is no new approach by the government to effectively tackle the insecurity challenge. He criticised the government's response to the recent attacks on INEC facilities across the country, especially in the South.
It has all been talk, but there has been no innovation on the part of the government to tackle the problem, and I don't see the government, from the present look of things, doing anything to change the situation. It has not gotten to the point where we can say Nigerians should relax, contrary to the impression that the Federal Government wants to give us.
What the Federal Government is doing now by creating new security outfits like the Centre for Counter-terrorism will not work, as all these can't achieve any concrete result within the remaining three months of Buhari's administration; rather, they should rejig the security architecture.
If they continue with the present approach, the insecurity problem will linger, and the incoming administration will inherit it. If they don't have a blueprint now and are thinking of developing one when they get to Aso Rock, they are making a mistake.
The mistake that most Nigerians make is that they only concentrate their attention on the federal government, and don't look at the state governments. State governors are a major problem in Nigeria. They are only interested in collecting the monthly allocations from the federal govt., which they misuse anyhow. They can't even account for the huge monthly allocations they are collecting from the feds. The state governors are also part of the problem, as they do not want local government to exist.
Peter Obi: For the first time, Nigerians have an alternative to the two main party candidates, and I'm backing Peter Obi of the Labour Party. He says governors and members of the National Assembly should be held accountable if Nigeria is not making progress. Peter Obi: “These people have no conscience at all. These state governors are enemies of the people.” Peter Obi: We are tired of recycled politicians.
Let's try a new man. We need a candidate from the South-East to occupy Aso Villa in 2023. How would you assess INEC's preparations for the general elections? INEC will perform very well, especially with the introduction of BVAS, Obi says. Let Nigerians have an alternative to those old hands.
Let INEC bring out the electronic result of that election if anybody is disputing what I'm saying. I agree that there is suffering in the country and that presently things are tough for many Nigerians, but I don't agree with that figure.
