Some elders have raised an alarm over the growing insecurity in the country, saying unless urgent and drastic measures are adopted to overcome the situation, Nigeria was sitting on a time bomb.
To this end, they tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to review his policy to correct the alleged anomaly. The statement was signed by Dr Balarabe Usman Wudil, for the North West, Engr Zana Goni for North East. Prof Ambrose Terngu for North Central, Prof. Finebone Tamuno, for the South-South, Dr Ayo Bankole, for South West and Prof. Chika Madumere for the South East, respectively.
Noting that the strategies adopted so far by the government in tackling insecurity in the country seemed to have little or no positive results, the Forum of Nigeria Elders tasked the federal administration which it said, was vested with the security of citizens, to adopt what is referred to as working strategies in handling the protracted insecurity.
“Appointments into key positions should be evenly spread devoid of religious, ethnic and regional considerations. This will help promote national unity which our founding fathers worked tirelessly for. “We make bold to say that there is no time in the history of Nigeria that our country is so divided along religious and ethnic lines like now. This, we must as a country try to arrest now. The onus rests on President Buhari and we advise that he should place his name on the sands of time by bequeathing the legacy of enthroning a good Nigeria suitable for all to live in, “it advised.