supposed to be politically neutra
l to the ruling party failed to be neutral two things will likely happen; it’s either he indulges the ruling party or he sabotages the ruling party.
“But in this case, it could be that he is doing this because the ruling party rejected him from becoming their presidential candidate, may be he wants to pay them back.
“We are all aware that the nation is confronted with some challenges that we believe are not too difficult to solve with collective will. It is rather unfortunate that corruption is at the root of most of these challenges,” he said.
The CACOL boss also spoke about insecurity in the country, saying that this is as a major concern for everybody in Nigeria and that this has created a lot of fear and uncertainty in the society.
He said that every region in the country is battling with various challenges of insecurity which he said include the activities of Boko Haram in which millions of lives have been lost and the increasing cases of kidnapping.
He added that in the last 18 years, the Federal Government reportedly spent not less than N10 trillion for the defense of the territorial integrity and internal security of the nation.
According to him, recently, President Muhammadu Buhari said that his administration spent over one billion dollars to buy military equipment to recover territories in the North-East captured by Boko Haram.
He said that similarly, the various state governments equally allocated hundreds of billions of naira to maintain law and order.
“In fact, individual citizens and communities pay levies and salaries to young men and women that are engaged to secure them and their properties.
“In spite of the huge funds spent on security, it is common knowledge that the country is currently grappling with the menace of kidnapping, hostage taking, terrorism and armed robbery. We still remember how some terrorists attacked an Abuja-Kaduna passenger train on March 28, 2022, in which about 14 persons were killed and 63 officially declared abducted.
“The deficiency in regular security forces and shortage of personnel have led to upsurge of private security outfits. These security personnel are hired by banks, oil companies, educational institutions and hospitality businesses to fortify corporate security arrangements. There is no gainsaying that Nigeria has formidable security challenge as insecurity is reported daily in electronic, print and social media,” he said.