Yahaya Bello, Governor of Kogi State, has urged his colleagues to see the task of combating insecurity as their responsibility.
Governor Bello made the call on Friday, pointing out that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot be in every state to address the country’s insecurity.
The Kogi Governor, in particular, stated that it is unusual for the President to “come with an AK-47 to secure my schools and roads.”
He added that insecurity issues must not be politicised, and that state governors must do everything in their power to secure their states in the face of Nigeria’s general insecurity challenges.
According to him, insecurity did not begin with the current administration, and Governors would be passing the buck if they shifted all blame to the President.
InsightnaijaTV reports that the submissions were made by Governor Bello on Friday in Abuja at his Second Annual GYB Seminar for Nigeria’s Political and Crime Editors and Correspondents.
“I’m not a governor that will expect the President to secure my state,” he said.
“I refused to politicize insecurity. Buhari is a man who loves truth and reality. I’ll let you know that the President loves this country.
“This insecurity isn’t a thing of the President though we should not pass the buck because that is why we came on board. It’s a successive failure of various administrations.
“The President will not sit in the Villa and hold an AK-47 to come and secure my schools and roads.
“Some of these crimes that we see today are more than what we see on the surface. I will never come out here and point out the flaws. Whatever I observe, in terms of loopholes and lapses, it’s between myself and the President to let him know.
“I will never be that governor who will come out and say that the President didn’t secure my schools and roads.”
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