From Yakubu Busari, Jos
Comrade Haruna Yusuf Abba
The National Coordinator, Nigerian Youth Coalition for Democracy, Good Governance has urged the Federal Government to seek alternative ways to end the incessant killings in northern Nigeria.
The coordinator, Comrade Haruna Yusuf Abba, while condemning the unwarranted killings, maiming and kidnapping of people as barbaric and alien to the culture of our Northern Nigeria said the situation demanded urgent attention of the government.
Speaking to journalists in Jos, the Plateau, he said the “recent developments in some parts of Northern Nigeria with the dangerous propensity they connote have made it imperative on us to lend our united voice.”
He said; “in some parts of Maiduguri, our people no longer have to rush home, weaving through roadblocks with hearts in mouth before 6:00pm, nor be kept awake by the spine-chilling sounds of bomb blasts and military bullets piercing through the sky and lowering its sounds into their ears as they sleep, the IDPs returning to their permanent homes after horrible years in the camps, separated by all that makes life great, the reduction in abduction of the poor masses on their farmlands and homes at night, crippling of the insurgents ability to attack and overrun police station, motor parks, churches and mosques, the successful counter attacks on the insurgents leading to the rescue of the people initially in the terrorists’ captivity, and the opening of roads and paths into markets and other areas initially uninhabitable by the people who spent years building those places for a better life, among numerous other achievements”.
“While we celebrate the genius of our military personnel and the strategic policy approach of the government, it will be a brutal rape of conscience to look away at renewed attacks in Southern Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, and Bassa, Barkin Ladi in Plateau State.”
“We are faced with three jeopardy: the wild fire of Covid-19, the brutality of some unscrupulous elements who feast on the innocent and the failure of the government at all levels to protect the people. For this great sickness that is upon us, and the attendant subsets of events, we recommend the following:
That the state and the local governments to live up to their obligation and responsibility to ensure that the large amount of monies they receive as security votes are judiciously utilized, while the military and other relevant personnel operating in the theater command must be adequately funded to ensure a steady supply of war mechanism used in the fight against insurgents, bandits and kidnappers.
“There is an urgent need for Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State to be the true Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum by using his powers to speak about the plight of northerners to his colleagues
