Former Minister of Defence, Rabiu Kwankwaso, asserted that the military can resolve the prevailing security issues confronting the nation, provided they receive adequate motivation.
Kwankwaso, who also serves as the National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party, made these remarks while addressing journalists following the party’s National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja.
He emphasized that while it is the primary responsibility of the federal government to tackle the security challenges, Nigerians also hold a pivotal role in supporting security agencies by providing essential information.
“As former Minister of Defence, a former Security Officer of Kano State for eight years, somebody who has gone around and well exposed in this game of politics, I believe that tackling security challenge is now on the shoulders of the federal government.
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“We have seen states forming some security outfits. Sometimes you laugh. The level at which it is today is at the level of Nigerian military and anything short of that wouldn’t work.
“And everybody must work together to make sure there is peace in this country.
“Some of us who are from the villages and even towns can remember how our people were going to farms. Now people cannot go to the farm. They are also being chased from their villages and towns.
“Our children are daily abused and taken away by criminals and bandits in hundreds,“ he said.
Mr Kwankwaso, also the NNPP 2023 presidential candidate, said that his party had the formula to address the problem and other challenges facing the country if given the opportunity by Nigerians.
He said the NNPP was the only hope for Nigerians, saying that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had failed the people.