Security: Jonathan lacks political will, says Afenifere

AKURE — THE Yoruba Socio-Political group, Afenifere, yesterday expressed concern over the state of the nation and asked President Goodluck Jonathan to deal with the myriads of problems threatening the continued existence of Nigeria with “a strong political will irrespective of whose ox is gored.”

In a statement by its leader, Chief Rueben Fasoranti, in Akure, the group said it was disturbed “and constrained to call your attention to the situation for a quick redress before anarchy takes over and the state machinery grinds to a halt.”

Negetive forces at work

Fasoranti who said there were negative forces threatening to frustrate the objective of trying to lay a solid foundation for a successful administration of President Jonathan, however blamed President for not demonstrating the political will to tackle the problems.

Afenifere listed the negative tendencies to included Boko Haram activities such as suicide bombing in parts of the country and strikes by organized labour and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

It said other problems confronting the country, included the Justices Katisna Alu and Ayo Salami crisis rocking the nation’s judicial system, natural disasters like flood, carnage on the roads and the killings in Jos.

Harvest of bad governance

According to the group these problems were harvest of bad governance, saying “these are just too many negative side of the scoreboard. They should be reversed and all of us with goodwill in this country should rise up to the occasion, but with you dictating the pace.

“Our concern is that such attempts at disintegration and undermining development and progress are parts of the challenges to be expected, we are worried that they are not being met or addressed with serious attention they deserve. For instance, we wonder if all these can be happening without the security agencies having inkling.”

Slams FG over Boko Haram

The group slammed the Federal government for allowing “the Boko Haram to take the initiative. Henceforth, we should not blow hot and cold and occasionally let out vital information of our strategy and the likes for them to work upon and forestall us.

They have so far been dictating the pace and taking the initiative thus beating the government to the game. Criminals are now having the upper hand as any success normally recorded encourages them to plan for and execute more dastardly action. No, All these have to stop.

“Terrorism is a statement that something is wrong and there is the need to quickly go down to its root cause, proffer some solutions and deal with the situation with a strong political will, irrespective of whose ox is gored. More than any other time, these events call for a national dialogue on how Nigeria should continue to exist. You just have to demonstrate political will for Nigeria to continue to exit. That was the mandate Nigerians gave you in April 2011 to do less will be a shame, ” the statement added.

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BY DAYO JOHNSON 

Source: Vanguard 

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