Governors of the 36 States under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum, (NGF), have expressed worries over the deteriorating security challenges bedeviling the country, particularly the North-West region.
The Chairman of the Forum and Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who disclosed this to journalists yesterday in Katsina, said killings, kidnappings and other nefarious activities had become a daily occurrence in the country.
Fayemi, flanked by the Kebbi State governor, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu; Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, had earlier held a closed-meeting before he addressed newsmen. They were in the state on a solidarity visit to Governor Aminu Bello Masari.
He explained that the Nigeria Governors Forum would be tough on banditry, kidnapping and other criminality in order to tackle the carnage and find a lasting solution to the prevailing security challenges facing farming communities in the zone.
Fayemi, however, urged the governors to take away young Nigerians from the merchants of death who are using them as cannon-fodders for the criminal brigandage by providing them with alternative means of livelihood and support system in their States.
He reiterated that the Forum was committed to working with the Federal Government and security agencies “so that we don’t keep talking about the same thing over and over again”.
