By Raymond Gukas, Jos
The Association of Middle Belt Ethnic Nationalities, (ASOMBEN), has added its voice to the lingering security situation in Nigeria, declaring that the about 230 deaths in the land in 2020 calls for serious concerns.
Addressing their plight in a press statement in Jos, Plateau state, the task the governments in the zone to be proactive in dealing with the crisis because the people are worried.
The statement signed by Barr. Sule Kwasau, Chairman and Rev. James Pam, Secretary, condemned these acts in the “strongest of terms and demand that the perpetrators be apprehended and brought to justice.”
While noting that the zone is one of the worst hit by the wave of insecurity the country is experiencing, they expressed delight at the recent meeting the six governors had with the Inspector general of police on security issues.
According to them the modalities for the Government’s proposed Community Policing are still not clear and don’t seem to carry much promise of change or effectiveness.
However, “We therefore support the many calls on President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the entire Nigerian security architecture to make it more effective and to increase the size of the Nigerian Army and Nigeria Police to at least twice their current strength in terms of personnel and equipment.”
The body lamented the wave of insecurity which, they insisted has reached an alarming proportion especially abduction for ransom, wanton killings of innocent Nigerians by so-called herdsmen and bandits and the worsening activities of the Boko Haram terrorist group, which they observed was frightening.
While preferring a way out of the numerous security challenges, “we hereby reiterate our stand on the need to urgently and holistically restructure the country’s administrative units, fiscal policies, policy on ownership of natural resources revenue sharing arrangement, Local Government autonomy, political and electoral laws, legislative powers of the National Assembly and State Assemblies, laws about religious practice, system of government, and so on.
“All ethnic groups in the country should be involved in the renegotiation of these and other terms of federating,” they maintained.
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