From Layi Olanrewaju, Ilorin
Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) in Kwara State, Dr. Alimi AbdulRazaq, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intensify the war against terrorism towards finding a lasting solution to insecurity in the country.
The legal practitioner and Mutawali of Ilorin also called on the leadership of the ACF and all Nigerians to join hands with the Federal Government to urgently halt insecurity in the North in particular and Nigeria in general.
Speaking during a meeting with the executive members of Kwara State’s chapter of ACF led by its chairman, Dr. Mohammed Ghali Alaaya, Alimi noted that government needs the support of all Nigerians in tackling the hydra-headed security challenges.
He, however, urged the government to do more in funding the security agencies, adding that more still needs to be done in the area of intelligence gathering in the fight against insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes across the country.
Alimi, who identified unemployment as one of the causes of insecurity applauded the federal and state governments’ efforts at creating massive employment opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths through implementation of robust agricultural policies.
He described government’s strides in the development of agricultural value chains through the interventions of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as a right step in the right direction.