Buhari in charge, stop blame game, Ndume tells southern govs
Chairman Senate Committee on Army Senator Ali Ndume has accused the Southern Governors Forum (SSF) of engaging in blame game by calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigeria’s security lapses.
The lawmaker also faulted the forum’s ban on open grazing, describing it as a deviation from the real issues.
At the end of their meeting in Asaba, Delta state capital Tuesday, the southern governors, who backed the nation’s unity, also asked Buhari to address the nation even as they voted for a ban on open grazing.
But countering the governors at a media parley Wednesday in Abuja, Senator Ndume said as chief security officers of their various states, the governors should know what to do to arrest the growing spate of insecurity across the six geopolitical zones of the country.
“As far as I am concerned, this blame game will not solve the problem. Governors are the Chief Security Officers of their states, so, why are they talking about the President without talking about themselves?
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“The governors are deviating from the matter. The problem is not about open grazing. The problem is security. Most of the security problems confronting Nigeria are not in the bush.
“We have four different types of security challenges. We have the insurgency in the North-East, IPOB, through the Eastern Security Network, is creating insecurity in the South-East. There is banditry in the North-West.
“It is only in the North-Central that we have issues of farmers-herders clashes. There are fewer problems in the South-West except for the clashes between the herdsmen and the farmers, and the agitators for the Yoruba nation.
“Similarly, in the South-South, they are trying to instigate the Avengers but so far the area is peaceful. The issue of insecurity is unique to each zone. President Buhari has taken charge of the security personally now.
“It used to be the Chief of Staff or the Minister of Defence who was having meetings with the Service Chiefs but today, the President has taken charge of the problem.
“That is a good development and I hope we would start seeing results but the most important thing is for them to be provided with necessary equipment to prosecute the war and their allowances should be paid in time,” the lawmaker said.
He lauded the military for stopping Boko Haram insurgents from infiltrating Maiduguri Tuesday night.
