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Insecurity: Bring solutions, not condemnations, APC chieftain tells Buhari’s critics

Insecurity: Bring solutions, not condemnations, APC chieftain tells Buhari’s critics
By Peter Uwumarogie
Solutions
Gombe, July 17, 2019 (NAN) Dr Jamilu Gwamna, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State, has urged critics of President Muhammadu Buhari on security to provide solutions on how to improve the situation.
Making the appeal on Wednesday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe, Gwamna said the previous administrations should also take responsibility for the security challenges in the country.
According to him, Buhari inherited the seed of insecurity facing the country that were planted by the past administrations through corruption and wastefulness of resources.
He however noted that the country would make tremendous progress in the fight against insecurity if those condemning and criticising Buhari would recommend solutions that can assist in combating the menace.
“If you can’t make recommendations as to how we can solve the pockets of insecurity in some parts of the country, then of what use is your criticisms. As a patriot, the aim of criticism is for improvement.
“Why criticised or condemn Mr President for the insecurity issues that were created through poverty and other bad governance of the 16 years of the same crop of leaders who now dish out condemnation like Saints.
“President Buhari inherited almost a failed state especially when Abuja was almost becoming a regular ground for bombing; today that has been addressed yet no single commendation in that regard.
“If those criticising and condemning President Buhari are to prove their patriotism, let them also commend Mr President whenever there is improvement and not use isolated cases to dish out condemnations,’’ he said.
Gwamna stressed that it was the ingenious management of the situation by Buhari since 2015 that had not escalated insecurity in the country.
He said that the state of the country before 2015 was “embarrassingly shameful’’.
While appealing to all Nigerians to defend the country’s unity and jettison attempts to politicise security issues in the country, the chieftain warned that “such politicisation is a threat to our collective existence’’. (NAN)
UP/IAA/MST
Edited by Isaac Aregbesola/Muhammad Suleiman Tola

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NANS proffers solution to cultism in campuses

NANS proffers solution to cultism in campuses
Cultism
By Chijioke Okoronkwo
Abuja, April 5, 2018 (NAN) The National Association of Nigeria (NAN) has recommended that entry and exit points into school premises should be strictly for students and staff with valid identity cards to avoid access for non-students.
NANS President, Chinonso Obasi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja on measures to curb cultism in tertiary institutions.
He said that rules should be strengthened to entrench justice and build confidence in institutions of learning instead of considering cultism as alternative means to fight oppression on campuses.
Obasi said that there should be frequent campaigns against cultism and its implications to ensure that students were informed.
Besides, the students leader said that amnesty should be granted to repentant cultists as well as rehabilitating them into the society.
“The measure of students’ performance through character must be prioritised; lecturers must stop compromising students’ attendance to classes.
“Efforts should be made to ensure that every student lives in a school hostel.
“The school security unit must have a data base of all students with a day-to-day surveillance on those whose characters are questionable,’’ said Obasi.
He identified cultism as the genesis of criminality among youths in Nigeria of today which exposed them to arm possession, thurgery and untimely death in the course of rivalry clashes.
Obasi said that the menace of cultism deserved drastic measures to discourage students’ involvement.
“To end this act of cultism on campuses, we must take care of some cogent factors that drag students to join cult groups.
“Institutions must adhere strictly to carrying capacity, mass admission and over-crowding are major causes of cultism;
“over population gives birth to admission of rogues among decent ones.
“Desperation to pass examination at all cost also push students to join cult groups to threaten lecturers and students to influence examination and tests.
“Institutions should be encouraged to ensure that all students including withdrawn students’ parents or guidiants are notified of their wards’ academic performance after every semester.
“This is to ensure the drop outs or withdrawn students do not stay back in the institution’s environment to practice cultism,’’ he said. (NAN)
CJN/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola