The Conference of Northern States Civil Society Networks has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to develop a key performance indicator (KPI) of not more than 6 months for the security Chiefs to be assessed for accountability.
Chairman of the group, Ibrahim Waiya at a media briefing on the state of the nation held in Kano state, western Nigeria said such an approach will put the security operatives on their toes and create opportunities for timely injection of new ideas where necessary, to mitigate the security challenges across the nation.
“We task the National Security Adviser to coordinate the synergy among the Service Chiefs for optimal results to combat insecurities.
“The continuous killings of people, child trafficking, banditry, displacement of communities, and kidnappings across the country, especially in some states of the North, are so unprecedented,” said the Chairman.
The group commended the efforts of some governors like Sokoto, Borno, Kaduna Zamfara, and Katsina for their resilience in curtailing insecurities in their States.
Concerned about the economic challenges, especially the debt profile and the over 30 million Nigerians that have slipped to join in the earlier existing multidimensional poverty line in the country in recent times, the coalition called for a national economic summit to proffer solutions to the challenges.
“The president should with immediate effect convey a national economic summit for citizens to identify, deliberate, and proffer solutions to the Nigerian economic situation.
“His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, must look inward to raise funds for Governance businesses other than borrowings, by squeezing the past and present public officials with corruption allegations to recover the looted funds belonging to Nigerians,” he said.
On the ongoing rulings over the 2023 general elections, the group urged the National Judicial Council to adhere to the latter ethics and practice of their profession, as the custodian of justice and rule of law, while urging the president of Nigeria to be neutral.
“The Conference is appealing to the Judicial Service Commission to take swift action to thoroughly investigate the root causes of the conflicting judgments.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should not allow his Government to be used in the manipulative scheme of interfering with judicial processes in courts involving cases of election opposition states, to truncate the Nigerian democracy, an offense that would never be forgiven by the entire democratic communities around the World, and may lead to chaos, more insecurity, and conflicts across the country,” said Waiya.
The Conference of Northern States Civil Society Network is a forum of state-based civil society networks operating in Northern Nigeria.
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