Vows to identify, deal with people constituting nuisance;
Senator Ndume absent at Borno, Yobe elders meeting at Aso Rock
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that his administration will continue to work for the stability of Nigeria and succeed over those who don’t need the unity of the country.
He also vowed to identify and deal with what he described as the small number of people with resources and influence that are constituting a nuisance to the oneness of the country. Buhari stated this when he received a delegation of Borno/Yobe Elders Forum who paid him a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
With headquarters in Abuja and commands in almost all the 36 states and 180,000 volunteers who are mostly youths, the corps operates like a paramilitary organisation.
Findings by our correspondents revealed that volunteers of the corps are subjected to one month drill before they are enlisted.
Some people believe that the Peace Corps has filled a large vacuum considering that thousands of youths have found a source of livelihood through the volunteer services they offer.
However, security experts observe that while the Peace Corps is found in many countries around the world and recognised as a voluntary organisation that helps in societal harmony and peaceful coexistence, making it a statutory agency in Nigeria will be an additional burden on the federal government.
By Musa Baba Adamu and Ikechukwu Okaforadi
Senator Ali Muhammad Ndume (APC, Borno South) said on youth empowerment no government had done better than the present administration.
Fielding questions yesterday in Abuja, the Senator however said unless the youth being the beneficiaries, the Civil society groups and the Media âfollowed the moneyâ by asking asking question on the disbursement of the funds, the aim would be defeated.
Emphasising the danger of leaving over sight duty to the lawmakers alone, Sen Ndume charges the media practitioners to invoke Freedom of Information (FOI) Act to â follow the money. â
He said President Muhammadu Buhari in the last five years had done his bit by allocating billions of naira to various youth empowerment schemes, but that it was the duty of the beneficiaries to take advantage of gesture by accessing them.
By Musa Baba Adamu
The senator representing Borno South on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Ali Muhammed Ndume, has said that Borno State cannot wait to join the league of oil producing States in Nigeria. Speaking with journalists in the National Assembly on the ongoing efforts to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and the discovery of oil in Borno State, Ndume said the people of the state are already excited, but expressed concern over the security challenges in the state. We are praying that with the new Service Chiefs, the insecurity will come to an end, he said, adding âWe are eager to join the oil producing states. There is all indication there is large quantity in the Lake Chad region.â