Chairman, Renewed Kaduna Restoration Group Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has warned that Nigerias democracy is under threat from widespread poverty corruption, hunger, insecurity, and disillusionment among Nigerians.
In an issued statement in Abuja yesterday on Nigeria’s Democracy Day celebration, Ramalan identified impoverishment policy actions, human and palpable food insecurity, insensitivity of the political class and declining faith in political on some elected and appointed leadership as key factors responsible for the widespread disillusionment among most Nigerians.
These factors, in addition to diverse other economic challenges and the lingering intractable security problem in the country, have become the oxygen fuelling criminality and the current exodus by young Nigerians to foreign lands in search of better economic and social fortunes, referred to as Japa syndrome in local parlance, he stated.
Ramalan expressed concern that the challenging economy and weak institutions had eroded the faith of the in the nations democracy.
It is no longer in doubt that the impact of the challenging economic environment, scarce opportunities, dysfunctional social infrastructure and weak institutions have continued to erode the faith of the many Nigerians in democracy, and turning their backs in droves on the nation, he emphasised.
To address these challenges, the RKRG Chairman urged the State and Federal Governments to take urgent steps to win the war on insecurity, for Nigerians to return to farms and agro-allied activities, stimulate real productivity, address unemployment, criminality and disillusionment among Nigerians, and work towards regaining their trust.
For the survival and sustenance of democracy in the nation, the Government must take urgent steps to stimulate real productivity, address the escalating Insecurity in the rural and urban areas, the current alarming rate of joblessness, criminality, and disillusionment among young Nigerians, which is fast destroying the fibre and potential of the jobless youth demography and pose a significant threat to the nations security, development, and future, the RKRG Chairman stressed.
Nigeria, he said, with huge resources in arable land and human capital, has no business being listed as a nation with food insecurity. All that the Government needs is an intentional policy, backed-up by sustainable investments in agriculture including right training in relevant skills in food production, preservation, and value-chain development, the statement read.
The RKRG asked leaders at all levels to be honest and intentional about reducing the cost of governance, in order to redirect the resources towards sustainable development.
The Renewed Kaduna Restoration Group Chairman commended the resilience and ingenuity of the Nigerian populace in weathering the current economic situation.
Ramalan still expressed hope in President Bola Tinubus ability to take the necessary steps to address the challenges and restore the faith of Nigerians in democracy and Good Governance.
He wished Nigerians Happy June 12 Democracy Day celebrations.
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