SDP chairman commends FG’s efforts to address insecurity

The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alh Shehu Musa Gabam, has commended the efforts of the Federal Government in addressing the menace of national insecurity

Alhaji Gabam spoke in Abuja at the weekend while fielding questions from newsmen on the state of the Nation

He pointed out that the efforts of the government have yielded significant improvements and called for the support of Nigerians to achieve more for the betterment of their citizens

He also called on the government to ensure it keeps improving, as the non-statements of the actors behind such nefarious activities are also improving themselves.

Alhaji Gabam also commended the government for the measures it was taking to ensure the stability of the naira and improve the economy, saying that the nation would rise again with the political will to mention the current efforts aimed at fixing the nation for the betterment of the Citizens

According to him, “I know as a matter of fact that the level of crime and criminality, kidnapping, maiming and barbarism have drastically reduced. Most of the gang leaders that have been responsible for kidnapping people have been eliminated, arrested or under prosecution.

“This is a kudos to the federal government because, in the absence of securing the environment, you cannot have a political environment and you cannot have an investment-friendly environment. The confidence needs to be restored.

“People who are bringing in resources need to be assured that their lives would be secured and their investment would be secured. So the security level in the country is tremendously improving.

“You can drive from here, Abuja to Kaduna anytime now, even at night. Even in the South East, the sit-at-home has drastically reduced. So the government has put a lot of attention and priority in securing the territorial integrity of the country.

“So I give them kudos in terms of security and in terms of improving the security architecture of the country. But they should do much more because the sophistication of the non-state actors challenging the states is also improving.

“So the dynamics and approach of the government and the security agencies must also improve to deal with the unanticipated areas of behaviour that undermine the government that is in place. But so far, in the area of security, the government is doing tremendously well.

“In the currency, we are seeing the fluctuations, even though in the last few days it has shot up again but we hope that they would look at the entire mayhem surrounding the currency and those responsible for the fluctuations and sabotaging the economy and deal with it aggressively.”

This came just as the SDP National Chairman lauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Olanipekun Olukoyede, for his efforts in addressing the problem of corruption threatening the foundation of the country in all spheres of the economy

He urged Nigerians to be fair to the new chairman of the EFCC and support him in his efforts to deal with corruption in the country.

He counselled the EFCC boss to be focused and not be deterred from sanitising the system.

According to him, “listening to the current chairman of the EFCC and his approach, I think Nigerians should be fair to him. They should give him credit for the way and manner in which he is dealing with the issue.

“First, he had mentioned that the institution needs to be sanitised because individuals use it to syphon public funds. If you do not strengthen the institution, if you do not block the leakages, there’s no way you can strengthen the institution and stop individuals from using our public institutions to syphon resources from the country for personal interest.

“I believe the approach he is taking, particularly in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, is professional and well articulated. And he has said he is not dealing with individuals. He is dealing with institutions, and that investigation would take time because it has to do with the root causes and the easiest way people can syphon public funds, which is great to me.

“So it is not fair for people to vilify him simply because he has granted a press conference and is giving a situation report and the approach he is taking. Normally, professional investigations all over the world take a very long time.

“So for me, he has expressed himself. He should be given the opportunity. He is approaching it professionally. The government should strengthen and encourage him to do the needful.

“He should remain focused, decisive, and patriotic in dealing with every issue. He has a more civilised approach, as far as I am concerned in encouraging him to continue doing whatever he is doing. Whatever he does, people are going to criticise him, so let him remain focused and achieve the goal.”

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