National chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, has commended the efforts of the federal government in tackling the insecurity menace in the country.
Gabam spoke in Abuja at the weekend while fielding questions from newsmen on the state of the nation.
He pointed out that the efforts of the government have yielded significant security improvements and called for the support of Nigerians to achieve more for the betterment of the citizens.
He called on the government to ensure that it keeps improving as the non-state actors behind the nefarious activities are also improving themselves.
Gabam also commended the government for the measures it was taking to ensure the stability of the naira and improve the economy.
He said, “I know as a matter of fact that the level of crime and criminality, kidnapping, maiming and barbarism have drastically reduced. Most of the gang leaders that have been responsible for kidnapping people have been eliminated or arrested or under prosecution.
“This is kudos to the federal government because in the absence of securing the environment, you cannot have a political environment and you cannot have an investment friendly environment. The confidence needs to be restored.
“People who are bringing in resources need to be assured that their lives would be secured, their investment would be secured. So the security level in the country is tremendously improving.
“You can drive from here, Abuja to Kaduna anytime now, even in the night. Even in the South East the sit at home has reduced drastically. So the government has put a lot of attention, a lot of priority into securing the territorial integrity of the country.
“So, I give them kudos in terms of security and in terms of improving the security architecture of the country. But they should do much more because the sophistication of the non-state actors challenging the states are also improving.
“So, the dynamics and the approach of the government and the security agencies must also improve to deal with the unanticipated areas of behaviour to undermine the government that is in place. But so far in the area of security, the government is doing tremendously well.
“In the currency we are seeing the fluctuations even though in the last few days it has shot up again but we hope that they would look at the entire mayhem surrounding the forex and those responsible for the fluctuations and sabotaging the economy and deal with it aggressively.”
This came just as the SDP national chairman lauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Olanipekun Olukoyede, for his efforts in addressing the problem of corruption threatening the foundation of the country.
He urged Nigerians to be fair to the new chairman of the EFCC and support him in his efforts in dealing with corruption in the country.
He counseled the EFCC boss to be focused and not be deterred in sanitizing the system.
According to him, “Listening to the current chairman of the EFCC, his approach, I think Nigerians should be fair to him. They should give him credit for the way and manner he is dealing with the issue.
