Says bloodletting can turn everywhere
The Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, (SABMF), has noted with serious concern the myriad of challenges bedeviling Nigeria including insecurity (especially in the Northern region), poor educational system (disruption of academic activities in the tertiary institutions), economic backwardness, epileptic power supply and weak social and moral institutions.
This formed part of a communiqu issued at the end of the 26th joint meeting of its Board of Trustees and Advisory Council, during which the Foundation reviewed the challenges of the country.
According to the communiqu, which was signed by its Director-General/CEO Engr. Abubakar Gambo Umar, the Foundation also averred that the socio-economic unrest in the North could eventually turn everywhere to continuous bloodletting if necessary steps were not taken.
The meeting urged the Federal Government to redouble its efforts to bring an end to the alarming rate of insecurity in the country which has instituted fear and uncertainty in the land, hampers peoples self-confidence, and endangers their mobility across the nation.
The Foundation noted that the sad event has also limited farmers access to their farmlands, which results in a lack of adequate food security in the country. It added that insecurity has contributed to the unbearable upsurge in the prices of food items and other essential amenities which makes life difficult for many Nigerians.
We are calling on all concerned security agencies to check and control the escalating rate of kidnappings and several other acts of banditry which are on the prowl in almost all nooks and crannies of the country, especially the North.
The unfortunate situation is a serious threat to the status of the countrys internal security, despite efforts and strategies put in place by the government to end the menace, the situation continues to spread unabatedly like wildfire, devastating lives, and properties of innocent citizens.
The meeting condemned the broad daylight attack on the Kaduna International Airport by bandits and the deadly attack on the Abuja-Kaduna bound train that left many dead, wounded and several others abducted. These attacks are in addition to several other attacks on soft spots across the Northern region especially Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Taraba, Zamfara and Niger States”, the communiqu further stated.
