A group under the auspices of Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has called on the state governments to stop acts that are capable of jeopardising the ongoing efforts by President Bola Tinubu to secure the nation.
It added that as Chief Security Officers in their respective states, it would be counter-productive for governors to act at variance with the President on matters of national security and associated policies.
Its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju disclosed this at a press conference Monday in Abuja while appraising the scorecard of Tinubu’s administration in the last few months.
He commended the President and the security services for the recent rescue of 137 school children that were abducted on the 7th of March in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Akinsiju, however, called for more actions to rescue all other school children that migh have been forcefully abducted by terrorists, bandits, and kidnappers in the country.
His words: “We, however, admonish state governments on their part to refrain from acts that are capable of jeopardising the ongoing efforts by President Tinubu to secure the nation.
“As Chief Security Officers in their respective states, it will be counter-productive for governors to act at variance with the President on matters of national security and associated policies.”
The group also condemned the recent gruesome murder of soldiers at Okuama village in Delta State while on official duty.
The group stressed that the decision by the President to grant approval for the establishment of Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund (RHIDF) to bridge the nation’s infrastructural gap was commendable
It added: “We note with great interest, the potential sources of funding targeted by the RHIDF to raise N20 trillion (about $14bn) for its take-off grant, and we strongly suggest that a significant percentage of the savings from the withdrawal of subsidy be made available to RHIDF for the development of infrastructures across the nation.
“Furthermore, we submit that it is important for the federal government to erect permanent signposts at the site of every infrastructural project that is accomplished with savings from petroleum subsidy withdrawal, so that Nigerians will appreciate the positive impact of the withdrawal of subsidy, and be happy that their sacrifices are not in vain.”