I do not think any region should now wait for government before it takes steps to quell this ravaging insanityon a multi- pronged study put together by International organisations such as OECD, IMF, DFID and Transparency International to assess the health of the Nigerian economy on economic growth, PricewaterhouseCoopers , a leading professional services firm, recently presented to the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, a frightening report titled ‘Impact of Corruption on Nigeria’s Economy’.
How will all these reduce the punishing poverty ravaging the country as farmers have been forcibly made to abandon their farms on the pain of death, in all parts of the country, and food security, once taken for granted, is unerringly becoming a mirage? And God knows I am not talking of Boko Haram- ravaged North East or the North West home of bandits.
One such study was by Dr Abubakar Siddique Mohammed of the Centre for Democratic Development Research and Training, Zango Shanu, Zaria. The study which had, as its focus: ‘Banditry, Kidnapping and Killings in Zamfara and Katsina states’, and carried out a whole four years ago, was so penetrating, it could very easily have served as a silver bullet for resolving issues of insecurity, pan Nigeria.
Their numbers, and the capacity, are simply not enough, it says. “There are other factors that we have to deal with. The North-West is the poorest part of the country. We have so many educated boys who are unemployed and many more uneducated who have lost everything including hope. We must tackle the issue of poverty or the problem will keep escalating”, and, of course, spreading.
Thank you mr vice but as for me the genesis of national insecurity is when people like you renamed black to white. I don't even understand why we keep giving birth. On which platform are we training these kids? Honestly we are at crossroad hile waiting for our imports.