ON OSINBAJO’S TAKE ON THE INSECURITY SITUATION IN NIGERIA: HE SHOULD ADVISE HIS BOSS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY AS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
April 30, 2021 | News
The Vice President’s statement on insecurity, should be directed to his boss…
- By Zik Gbemre
ON OSINBAJO’S TAKE ON THE INSECURITY SITUATION IN NIGERIA: HE SHOULD ADVISE HIS BOSS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY AS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
The Vice President’s statement on insecurity, should be directed to his boss…
Are we not already at war with the level of carnage across the country?...
Talk is cheap, what Nigerians need to see from the APC Buhari-led administration is decisive actions to end this menace…
It is good governance that is founded on truth, honesty, transparency and accountability, that will end the insecurity situation in the country...
While many like us, have often wondered if we still have a Vice President in Nigeria, judging from the fact that not much is heard or seen from him as regard the daily governing issues plaguing the nation. It is as if the nation’s Vice President has been relegated to remain at the background. And even when he speaks out every now and then concerning issues happening in the country, his opinions and line of thoughts are mostly in a different direction from the positions taken by the Presidency.
So, when the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, recently said that Nigeria cannot afford another civil war because it will not augur well for the country. The only thought that came to my mind was, are we not already at war in the country? And shouldn’t he have rightly advised his boss to address this insecurity problem as the Commander-In-Chief? What else is the Presidency waiting for to realize that Nigeria is already at war? When Nigerian citizens are daily killed, raped, maimed, and slaughtered like fowls, and displaced/chased away from their ancestral lands of habitation by terrorists’ groups (most of whom are foreign elements) who are now branded different names from Boko Haram insurgents to Fulani herdsmen, Bandits and hoodlums; what else can we describe such a situation other than war? When, even those displaced and placed in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camps, and these terrorists’ elements still go there to kill in broad day light, what else is the Federal Government waiting for to happen before they know that Nigeria is already at war? When nobody is safe anymore, and our children can no longer be guaranteed safety in their schools’ grounds, and our farmers can no longer go to their farms to farm for food supplied to all, what more could be further from being in a war zone?
What is even worst is the fact that in the midst of all the insecurity situation, and the citizens daily cries to the Presidency and Security Operatives to rise to the occasion and address this menace to a standstill, it is as if the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government are oblivious of the seriousness of the situation, as they throttle about with such indifferent disposition. One begins to wonder if we really have a Commander-In-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, whose primary Constitutional responsibility is to protect the lives and property of the Nigerian citizenry.
While expressing his mind at an interactive forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra governorship aspirants organized by the State chapter of the APC Patriots in Abuja – Vice President Osinbajo said: “The thing about the kind of conflict in this part of the world, developing countries, is that it is usually a war without end… Everyone who thinks he has some money stored up somewhere will eventually run out of money… Everyone who thinks he can go and hide somewhere won’t even find a place to hide, in the end, everyone will suffer… Even if you don’t suffer, parents, children, young and old people, and relations will suffer. We cannot afford a war in this country, we can`t afford it,’’ he said.
Agreed that the Vice President expressed some basic truths here, but as I said, Osinbajo and the Presidency should realize that we are already in a war situation. The sooner they realize this fact, the better for all of us because then, they would give the situation the urgent attention it needs. But most importantly, Osinbajo should advise his boss, President Buhari, who is the Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to start acting like a Commander-In-Chief and stop the killings of Nigerians by Buhari's tribe people. Their APC-led Federal administration should stop all the killings, and bring to book all the people connected to these killings, no matter who they are. Osinbajo should stop complaining and telling us what we already know because they were elected to govern this country.
The situation in Nigeria today is worse than what it was in late 1983 when Buhari and his band of coupists then sacked the democratically-elected government of Shehu Shagari on Dec 31, 1983, and it is also worse than when he was overthrown on Aug 27, 1985 by Ibrahim Babaginda and his coupists. Buhari is however lucky that gone are the days of coups, and Nigerians will rather vote him out of office if he fails to address the dire security, social, political, and economic problems before the next election. Or have him impeached by the National Assembly for incapacity.
For us to have Security assurance and a thriving economy, it is Good Governance that is founded on truth, honesty, transparency, and accountability, that will end the insecurity situation in the country. The President Buhari APC-led Federal Government cannot be saying one thing and blowing hot, whereas their actions and body language suggest something else. When those behind the killings and their sponsors are left untouched, then how will Nigerian have trust in this administration led by Buhari? If Osinbajo has nothing else to say about the insecurity situation in the country, then he should keep silent. It is their responsibility to end all kinds of crises in the country. They were elected to do that in the first place.
Zik Gbemre.
April 29, 2021
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes
- By Zik Gbemre
ON OSINBAJO’S TAKE ON THE INSECURITY SITUATION IN NIGERIA: HE SHOULD ADVISE HIS BOSS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY AS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
The Vice President’s statement on insecurity, should be directed to his boss…
Are we not already at war with the level of carnage across the country?...
Talk is cheap, what Nigerians need to see from the APC Buhari-led administration is decisive actions to end this menace…
It is good governance that is founded on truth, honesty, transparency and accountability, that will end the insecurity situation in the country...
While many like us, have often wondered if we still have a Vice President in Nigeria, judging from the fact that not much is heard or seen from him as regard the daily governing issues plaguing the nation. It is as if the nation’s Vice President has been relegated to remain at the background. And even when he speaks out every now and then concerning issues happening in the country, his opinions and line of thoughts are mostly in a different direction from the positions taken by the Presidency.
So, when the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, recently said that Nigeria cannot afford another civil war because it will not augur well for the country. The only thought that came to my mind was, are we not already at war in the country? And shouldn’t he have rightly advised his boss to address this insecurity problem as the Commander-In-Chief? What else is the Presidency waiting for to realize that Nigeria is already at war? When Nigerian citizens are daily killed, raped, maimed, and slaughtered like fowls, and displaced/chased away from their ancestral lands of habitation by terrorists’ groups (most of whom are foreign elements) who are now branded different names from Boko Haram insurgents to Fulani herdsmen, Bandits and hoodlums; what else can we describe such a situation other than war? When, even those displaced and placed in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camps, and these terrorists’ elements still go there to kill in broad day light, what else is the Federal Government waiting for to happen before they know that Nigeria is already at war? When nobody is safe anymore, and our children can no longer be guaranteed safety in their schools’ grounds, and our farmers can no longer go to their farms to farm for food supplied to all, what more could be further from being in a war zone?
What is even worst is the fact that in the midst of all the insecurity situation, and the citizens daily cries to the Presidency and Security Operatives to rise to the occasion and address this menace to a standstill, it is as if the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government are oblivious of the seriousness of the situation, as they throttle about with such indifferent disposition. One begins to wonder if we really have a Commander-In-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, whose primary Constitutional responsibility is to protect the lives and property of the Nigerian citizenry.
While expressing his mind at an interactive forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra governorship aspirants organized by the State chapter of the APC Patriots in Abuja – Vice President Osinbajo said: “The thing about the kind of conflict in this part of the world, developing countries, is that it is usually a war without end… Everyone who thinks he has some money stored up somewhere will eventually run out of money… Everyone who thinks he can go and hide somewhere won’t even find a place to hide, in the end, everyone will suffer… Even if you don’t suffer, parents, children, young and old people, and relations will suffer. We cannot afford a war in this country, we can`t afford it,’’ he said.
Agreed that the Vice President expressed some basic truths here, but as I said, Osinbajo and the Presidency should realize that we are already in a war situation. The sooner they realize this fact, the better for all of us because then, they would give the situation the urgent attention it needs. But most importantly, Osinbajo should advise his boss, President Buhari, who is the Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to start acting like a Commander-In-Chief and stop the killings of Nigerians by Buhari's tribe people. Their APC-led Federal administration should stop all the killings, and bring to book all the people connected to these killings, no matter who they are. Osinbajo should stop complaining and telling us what we already know because they were elected to govern this country.
The situation in Nigeria today is worse than what it was in late 1983 when Buhari and his band of coupists then sacked the democratically-elected government of Shehu Shagari on Dec 31, 1983, and it is also worse than when he was overthrown on Aug 27, 1985 by Ibrahim Babaginda and his coupists. Buhari is however lucky that gone are the days of coups, and Nigerians will rather vote him out of office if he fails to address the dire security, social, political, and economic problems before the next election. Or have him impeached by the National Assembly for incapacity.
For us to have Security assurance and a thriving economy, it is Good Governance that is founded on truth, honesty, transparency, and accountability, that will end the insecurity situation in the country. The President Buhari APC-led Federal Government cannot be saying one thing and blowing hot, whereas their actions and body language suggest something else. When those behind the killings and their sponsors are left untouched, then how will Nigerian have trust in this administration led by Buhari? If Osinbajo has nothing else to say about the insecurity situation in the country, then he should keep silent. It is their responsibility to end all kinds of crises in the country. They were elected to do that in the first place.
Zik Gbemre.
April 29, 2021
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes