What Govt Must Do For Military To Win Insurgency War-Makarfi

President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has been advised to provide the nation’s security agencies with the necessary equipment required for the prosecution of the war against insurgency in the country.

The former Kaduna State Governor, Senator Ahmed Makarfi who disclosed this on Monday in a television interview, said that the worrisome state of security across the country has made it imperative for governments at all levels to find a lasting solution to the crises.

Makarfi said that the political or ethnic differences are not enough to stop cross fertilization of ideas capable of bringing back peaceful co-existence in the country, warning that without peace, development will remain but an illusion.

He said: “The equipping of the security architecture is very paramount. Governments at all levels must lead the quest for us to get out of this quagmire by upping the ante and tempo of this fight in all its ramifications.

“Incidences of banditry, kidnappings and other forms of criminalities are becoming the order of the day across the country. Economic and social activities are therefore stalling, leading to a stagnation of our development as a people and as a nation.

“There can be no development without stability and there can be no stability without adequate security that affords all the chance to pursue various legitimate means of livelihood. No investor, local or foreign will bring his capital to a place where security of life and property is not guaranteed.

“It is incumbent on governments at all levels to embrace and give all, a sense of belonging through inviting and as much as practicable, working on the contributions of all, irrespective of political differences, ethnic or religious background to ensure the success of this fight.

“Governments at all levels will do well to be more accommodating of critics and criticisms and avoid falling into the trap of always looking at and seeing critics as enemies.”

On his part, the immediate past Secretary-General of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Anthony Sani commended President Buhari for not turning “deaf ear” to the persistent calls for the removal of the recently sacked service chiefs.

He, therefore, expressed optimism in the capacity of the new heads of the various security outfits to live up to expectation of Nigerians.

“Now that the service chiefs have been replaced, we pray the new ones would live up to the confidence reposed on them, while the government is expected to provide sufficient funds,” he added.