Former Head of State Gen Mohammadu Buhari has said the security challenges posed by the Islamist extremist group, Boko Haram, can be addressed by the police if the Police Force is well equipped by the Federal Government. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari urged the Federal Government to empower the police to deal with the problem.
Speaking in Abuja during a public presentation of a book entitled “How I governed Anambra State: Stewardship and Accountability,” Gen Buhari said: “The bombings have subsided; isn’t it? It’s up to the law enforcement agents; this is probably the problem of the police. You know, the (Police and) SSS they have to secure the country. I am afraid it’s their job. Constitutionally, it’s their job. Boko Haram; as I said, I would rather that the police should be empowered.
“It is the police that live with the people- they know in every police command- the neighborhood and so on- a lot of the responsibility, I think, should go to the police.”
He added that “Our education has virtually collapsed. How many libraries do we have in the states not to talk about the local governments? People can’t afford to buy books.
“Education has deteriorated; if you look around the country, how many people are getting good credits in English language which is the official in the country?”
The author of the book is the former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju.
He lauded Mbadinuju for putting his experience into a book form.
A former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezife, said: “Nigeria and Nigerians had become unpopular because we have killed our conscience.” Eziefe said the nation’s survival was in everybody’s interest. He added that “It is in the interest of all that Nigeria survives, as the largest country in Africa we have the destiny to be the greatest no Boko Haram can stop it,” he said.
Source: OgoniNews
