Nigeria’s President-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been counselled on how to deal with the dreaded security challenges facing the country, especially insurgency in parts of the country. The advice came from an expert on economy, Mr Opeyemi Agbaje, who urged him to be decisive in dealing with the prevailing insecurity when as soon as he assumes office.
Agbaje spoke while delivering a paper, titled, ‘Crime and Insecurity: Understanding Nigeria’s Socio-economic Crisis’, at a media parley organised by First City Monument Bank (FCMB) in Abuja.
He warned that if the security challenges were not tackled, they would have cascading effects on socio-economic development of the nation.
He observed that available data indicated that Nigeria was engulfed in an economic crisis, and thus needed a capable leadership to contain.
Agbaje said that the subsisting security architecture was potent and only needed the political will to drive the entire process.
According to him, as long as there is a dysfunctional economy with weak leadership, crime rate would continue to rise.
He added that to address the current economic quagmire, a mix of market and social policy was needed to move the country forward.
In his welcome address, the Vice President, Corporate Affairs of the bank, Diran Olojo, submitted that an informed media would aid nation’s growth and better the society.
Olojo charged reporters on responsible journalism for the good of the citizenry and image of the country.
Since 2009, most parts of Nigeria has been under siege at one time or the other by Boko Haram terrorists, killer herdsmen, kidnappers, unknown gunmen, among others. Since 2015 when Nigerians voted out the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government of then President Goodluck Jonathan and elected President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) but without significant solution to insecurity in the country.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu of APC as the winner of the just concluded presidential election held on Saturday, February 25, 2023.
He is expected to be sworn-in on May 29, 2023 as the successor of President Muhammadu Buhari. Read more
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