Use Of Force Only Can’t End Insecurity­ — Tinubu

A former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has
discouraged the use of force alone in solving security problems in
Nigeria, saying problems that are essentially of economic origin
must also have an economic solution.

While speaking Saturday as the chairman of the 11th annual
lecture in honor of Sir Ahmadu Bello at the Arewa House in Kaduna,
he said: “Enhanced security may be the necessary first step, but it
cannot be the only step. We cannot resolve this problem by holding
on to one-dimensional answers.”

“We must all be dispassionate in our search for a solution.
These challenges are multi-faceted and so shall the solutions. The
issues of insecurity, poverty, unemployment and extremism have many
things to do with governance, over time. At bottom, we must tackle
our deep and widespread poverty.”

According to him, “Fiscal wisdom but not necessarily austerity
is required for the Nigerian economy at such a time to ensure
equitable wealth redistribution and meaning.”

He said this means that the government must not be afraid to
embark on an activist fiscal policy to create jobs, build
infrastructure and develop the industrial sector as well as
continue to improve agriculture.

In his lecture on: “Reduction of the Cost of Governance for
Inclusive Growth and Youth Development in Northern Nigeria in a
Post-COVID-19 era,” Chairman, Northern Governors Forum and Governor
of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong, said high cost of governance
has worsened the standard of living in Northern Nigeria and called
on all tiers of government to as a matter of urgency cut down on
the high cost of governance.

According to Lalong, factors such as corruption, insecurity,
large numbers of government appointees, high salaries, among others
are some of the factors that drive the high cost of governance in
the country.

A former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has
discouraged the use of force alone in solving security problems in
Nigeria, saying problems that are essentially of economic origin
must also have an economic solution.

While speaking Saturday as the chairman of the 11th annual
lecture in honor of Sir Ahmadu Bello at the Arewa House in Kaduna,
he said: “Enhanced security may be the necessary first step, but it
cannot be the only step. We cannot resolve this problem by holding
on to one-dimensional answers.”

“We must all be dispassionate in our search for a solution.
These challenges are multi-faceted and so shall the solutions. The
issues of insecurity, poverty, unemployment and extremism have many
things to do with governance, over time. At bottom, we must tackle
our deep and widespread poverty.”

According to him, “Fiscal wisdom but not necessarily austerity
is required for the Nigerian economy at such a time to ensure
equitable wealth redistribution and meaning.”

He said this means that the government must not be afraid to
embark on an activist fiscal policy to create jobs, build
infrastructure and develop the industrial sector as well as
continue to improve agriculture.

In his lecture on: “Reduction of the Cost of Governance for
Inclusive Growth and Youth Development in Northern Nigeria in a
Post-COVID-19 era,” Chairman, Northern Governors Forum and Governor
of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong, said high cost of governance
has worsened the standard of living in Northern Nigeria and called
on all tiers of government to as a matter of urgency cut down on
the high cost of governance.

According to Lalong, factors such as corruption, insecurity,
large numbers of government appointees, high salaries, among others
are some of the factors that drive the high cost of governance in
the country.