Some
members of the National Assembly, especially the Senate, have advised
the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Bamanga
Tukur, to impress it on President Goodluck Jonathan to reconsider his
decision not to grant amnesty to members of the Islamist insurgent
group, Boko Haram.
The
Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Abdul Ningi, speaking on behalf of
members of the National Assembly from his zone, said the North-East
geopolitical zone had been so marginalised in the scheme of things in
the country to the extent that the economy of the zone had been grounded
by the insurgence in the zone.
Ningi
made this known on Monday in Bauchi, during the official visit of Dr
Tukur to the North-East, as part of reconciliation efforts of the
national executive of the party. While saying that the primary
responsibility of any government is to provide adequate security for the
people, Ningi, who is representing Bauchi Central in the Senate, noted
that many people were being killed on daily basis, declaring that force
was never the solution to the insurgence: “I have the mandate of the
members of the National Assembly and the Senate to call on you as the
Chairman of the ruling party in Nigeria to also call on the President
and the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigeria Armed Forces to in the name of
God to reconsider the announcement made in Yobe and Borno as regard the
issue of amnesty to the insurgents,” Senator Ningi stated.
“Many
people are being killed day-in-day out. Our economies have been
grounded but they have been unable over the last two years come to term
with this basic reality. Force is not the solution to this insurgency
and, therefore, for us to continue to live as people within the greater
part of Nigeria, we need our lives and property to be protected and to
be secured.” He said that if President Jonathan could not grant amnesty
to the insurgents, he should instead protect the lives and property of
the people of the zone.
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