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NATIONAL: We’re tired, frustrated over insecurity — Governors

THE Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, has restated that his counterparts across the country are tired and frustrated about the spate of insecurity rocking the country.

Fayemi said this on Tuesday when he led three representatives of the NGF to Katsina State on a visit to Governor Aminu Masari.

The visit was to give Masari moral support following the abduction and subsequent release of over 300 students of Government Science Secondary School in Kakanra, Katsina State by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.

According to NAN, Fayemi was accompanied by Aminu Tambuwal, Atiku Bagudu, and Badaru Abubakar of Sokoto, Kebbi and Jigawa respctively.

He was quoted to have said governors need to address the issues of banditry, kidnapping and criminality, including the causes of these problems.

“For us, the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), we believe that we not only have to be on top of banditry, kidnapping and criminality generally, but we also have to be on top of the causes of these problems,” he said.

“Social inequality and poverty are key issues and we need to ensure that our governments, our states pry away our young people from the merchants of death who are using them as cannon fodder for these criminal brigandage.

“We can only do that through providing them with alternative means of livelihood and support system that will not entice them to these elements that are endangering the whole of our country… We are all tired, we are all frustrated that these issues are happening.”

Fayemi said governors must work with President Muhammadu Buhari to put an end to banditry, kidnapping and other problems, instead of engaging in fruitless talks.

“And this is something that we are committed to as governors, in working with Mr President, so that we don’t keep on talking about something over and over again,” he said.

“But we know that with concerted efforts on our part as governors and the commitment of the Federal Government, the professional conduct of our security services and our social investment programme intensified, we shall see the end of these criminality, brigandage in our states. “

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