A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega; and a former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, have told the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), that Nigerians are facing “double suffering” due to insecurity and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

They therefore called on the President to do everything possible to address the security challenge even if it means sacking service chiefs.

They stated this in a statement titled, ‘Mr. President, Governors: The Time for Dialogue is NOW’ on Sunday.

The statement was signed by Jega, Onaiyekan, Gen. Martin Agwai, Amb. Fatima Balla, Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim, Mrs. Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, Dr. Nguyan Feese, Dr. Usman Bugaje and Dr. Chris Kwaja who are all members of the Nigeria Working Group on Peace-building and Governance.

The statement read in part, “Nigeria, like the rest of the world is battling the coronavirus pandemic. However, citizens in Nigeria are facing double the suffering because they also have to contend with rising insecurity and violence across the country.

“The Nigerian government must immediately address the rising insecurity, if it is to succeed in the fight against the pandemic. A recent USIP-commissioned survey in Nigeria found new linkages between COVID-19, instability, and conflict.

“In particular, the survey found that victims of recent violence are less likely to trust the government’s coronavirus response measures compared to those who have not experienced violence.

They subsequently made recommendations on how the Nigerian government could strengthen its efforts to manage the pandemic by addressing the rising insecurity across the country.

“Kidnapping for ransom is an acute concern across Nigeria. The North-East is witnessing resurgence in Boko Haram activity, and thousands of people are internally displaced by banditry across rural communities in the North-West.

“Criminality in rural areas further complicates the situation by undermining food security, as many farmers have been unable to go to their farms for months for fear of losing their lives,” the group said.

They called on the President to initiate a process of dialogue to address the multiple acts of violence from inter-communal and ethno-religious conflicts.

The group said the National Council of State should initiate the dialogue process at the national level while the Nigeria Governors Forum would ensure it reaches the grassroots.

They said the crisis between herders and farmers had claimed thousands of lives and deepened ethnic polarisation but few persons had been prosecuted.

The group therefore called on the Federal Government to order the reinvestigation of all recent major incidents of farmer-herder violence.

They asked the government to sack the service chiefs if it would ensure that things improve.

“There is a growing public consensus that the current leadership of our security agencies have failed woefully, and that our Commander-in-Chief has so far refused to act. This cannot continue. Mr. President, you must show more concern and do what is necessary to improve the effectiveness of our security agencies, even if it means replacing the current leadership of our security agencies,” the group said.

They called on the President to stop paying lip service to police reform, adding that it is not enough to recruit police officers from the community but there is a need to be trained and re-orientated towards building community partnerships and promoting durable peace in the conduct of their duties.

https://punchng.com/nigerians-are-suffering-jega-onaiyekan-tell-buhari/

Jega ... jee noro odu Biko.

The same Jega o.
Orubebe should have scattered his head that day

Drama

Nigerians are really suffering presently.
I bought a Guinness malt at #200 just now in a shop at Isolo.
Like if Buhari and APC have failed, share if they haven't.

Jega brought this disaster

He can't hear, he at vegetative state

Who are they telling??

Our DEAF and DUMB president??
He won't hear anything, neither would he do anything.
He promised to serve the interest of the citizens, but his own interests and that of the fulani people are more important.

NIGERIA IS A SHITHOLE

NIGERIA IS A ZOO

NIGERIA IS CURSED.

No be him fault say we dey suffer, na our fault say we be Nigerian

JEGA and ONAIYEKAN majority of Nigerians are happy with BUHARI style of leadership. everything is graduall process .

Nigerians after reading that JEGA is complaining of hardship.....

yarimo:
JEGA and ONAIYANKAN majority of Nigerians are happy with BUHARI style of leadership. everything is graduall process .

egbe kwuokwagi nisi, ewuawusa.

Guess Jega and others are IPOB miscreants too? Ngige once stupidly said it's only the opposition that are complaining of hardship while Lai Mohammed ystdy said Nigeria was saved from slipping into a failed state by Mr. Buhari?

Instead of the government to come to reality that this is the true state of situation, all the reponse these people will get is a DSS/Police invite to explain how they knew Nigeria is standing @ this threshold.

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amakadlite:
Jega brought this disaster

The chicken has come home for roosting !

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Luckydubby7:
Nigerians are really suffering presently.
I bought a Guinness malt at #200 just now in a shop at Isolo.
Like if Buhari and APC have failed, share if they haven't.

Buhari has not failed...
Is the naira not equal to the dollar now..
Food evrywhere.. People are collecting money for being unemployed..insecurity gone
Sai barber
Sai barber

Cc yarimo lzaa imhotep

yarimo:
JEGA and ONAIYEKAN majority of Nigerians are happy with BUHARI style of leadership. everything is graduall process .

We Nigerians are happy buying fuel at 162...
We also beg our darling daddy to further increase the price to 200 before december as expected...
This will make food prices skyrocket too.. Why do we need to eat too much in this country..

I heard health workers are on strike against daddy
Have we informed the DSS Yet..

Sai barber

Do they still do this Council of State meeting, where present and past presidents meet and deliberate on things?
Its like PMB has cancelled that meeting because it is in that meeting that OBJ and Co should have, face-to-face, tell Buhari the truth

sinkhole:
Do they still do this Council of State meeting, where present and past presidents meet and deliberate on things?
Its like PMB has cancelled that meeting because it is in that meeting that OBJ and Co should have, face-to-face, tell Buhari the truth

Garba Shehu... Aisha Buhari.. Tinubu etc
They all tell Buhari the truth... Nigerians are enjoying the corrupt free regime

Sai barber

ZombieTERROR:


Buhari has not failed...
Is the naira not equal to the dollar now..
Food evrywhere.. People are collecting money for being unemployed..insecurity gone
Sai barber
Sai barber

Cc yarimo lzaa imhotep

Sai bambambiglo
Sai Jagaban.

Can jega keep quiet

ZombieTERROR:


Buhari has not failed...
Is the naira not equal to the dollar now..
Food evrywhere.. People are collecting money for being unemployed..insecurity gone
Sai barber
Sai barber

Cc yarimo lzaa imhotep

They asked the president to improve security, and he said no.
What's next?

ZombieTERROR:


Garba Shehu... Aisha Buhari.. Tinubu etc
They all tell Buhari the truth... Nigerians are enjoying the corrupt free regime

Sai barber

Haaa, "aye ma le ooo!"

November1857:
The chicken has come home for roosting !

they should enjoy the change they brought.

imhotep:

Sai bambambiglo
Sai Jagaban.

At least there's no deizany looting our treasury to buy diamonds and sponsor expensive fvckboys she has

He does not care