• Abubakar, Fayemi proffer solutions
The United Kingdom (UK), yesterday, reviewed the worsening insecurity in Nigeria and submitted that democracy might be destabilised in the run up to the 2023 general elections.
UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) gave the warning in Abuja at the launch of the peace and inclusive security initiative by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF).
Development Director of FCDO, Chris Beecroft, who delivered a goodwill message at the launch, noted: “Nigeria faces significant peace and security challenges. There is an active insurgency in the Northeast; farmer-herder conflicts are extending across the country; resource conflicts in the Delta; tension in the Southeast; and banditry in the Northwest. The rise in conflict risks destabilising Nigeria’s democracy in the run up to the 2023 elections.”
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Governors of the 36 states of the federation will today launch their peace and inclusive security initiative in Abuja with a former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) in attendance.
According to a statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Mr. Abdullraque Barkindo, the event is aimed at tackling insecurity, conflict and violence.
He said the initiative would provide a platform for sharing experiences on government, civil society initiatives testing practicable ideas and pushing for implementation of innovative solutions to conflict and insecurity.
The initiative panel will comprise governors, heads of security and other eminent persons who can influence policy at the highest level and who might have contributed in promoting national peace and security.
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Nigerians can be brothers and sisters, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The Sultan and the Cardinal have been working together so hard to promote inter-faith peace.
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I am pleased that the Sultan and the Cardinal have been working together so hard to promote inter-faith peace but many of their battle commanders are simply not willing to listen to them. I say to the couple: Keep trying, keep the faith until the truth of these documents are revealed to the uneducated religious soldiers.
“If we can talk of human fraternity at the global level, why can’t we talk about it at the Nigerian level?”