Monday, November 24, 2025 - The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked President Bola Tinubu to seek local and international help to end insecurity in Nigeria or resign honourably.
Fractional National Publicity Secretary of the party, Ini
Ememobong, made this call in a statement on Sunday.
The party urged the government to develop a comprehensive
plan to combat the issue, instead of resorting to a simplistic approach of
closing schools in a bid to prevent further kidnappings and to score cheap
political points.
It said that under the APC-led Tinubu administration,
Nigerians have witnessed, a spate of kidnappings in different states in
Northern Nigeria.
According to the party, each of the kidnappings left a trail
of sorrows, tears, blood, fear, and deep anguish on the families of those
affected and their communities.
It further said that in response to the wave of insecurity,
different state governments in the affected region have taken desperate
measures, while the federal government has yet to give any direction.
“We are aware that the closure of schools in these areas is
already being implemented by some state governments and is currently being
contemplated by the Federal Government.
“We warn that this closure, if undertaken, like many of this
administration’s quick-fix approaches to serious governance issues, will amount
to a complete surrender to terrorists, whose sole aim is to shut down schools
and prevent children from obtaining formal education, which they declare
forbidden.
“If the schools are closed, the goal of the terrorists would
have been inadvertently achieved.
“More troubling is the fact that when these unfortunate
incidents happen, the administration’s response is usually lacklustre and
unempathetic.
“We charge the Federal Government to immediately fund and
implement the National Policy on Safety, Security and Violence-Free Schools
anchored on community intelligence and quick security response, capable of
anticipating and contending with attacks on schools.
“We again remind the President, Bola Tinubu and the entire
APC-led administration that the security of lives and property is the primary
function of any government. At any time, government is unwilling, unable, or
incapable of executing this primary role, such a government, must either ask
for help (locally or internationally) or honourably resign, if it is sincere
and responsible,” the statement said.
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