Insecurity still remains a major albatross to the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, no matter the presidency’s rhetorics to the contrary. The scourge diminishes whatever is the positive image of the government, what with the Amnesty International’s (AI) damning verdict with empirical evidence of over 10,217 innocent Nigerians whose lives were cut short in their prime by kidnappers, bandits and terrorist groups in the past two years Tinubu has superintend over the affairs of the country.
While President Tinubu and his cabinet focus on the improvement of the ailing economy, which they orchestrated through anti-citizens policies, criminal elements are running roughshod in all parts of the country with little resistance from the security agencies.
This are not the best of times for the helpless Nigerian citizens as the government continues to preach improved economy, improved Naira exchange to the dollar, captured bandits and terrorists, as well having met government’s revenue target of the year 2025 as of August-a clear four months away to year end.
Ironically, these improvements do manifest in the lives of the masses whose large numbers still wallow in multidimensional poverty, so to say.
To worsen the plights of the over 130 million Nigerian poor citizens, they are at the same time being pounded by insecurity, which results in daily killings and kidnapping of the helpless citizens.
Stakeholders and experts have, therefore, warned that if urgent steps are not taken by the Federal Government and its security apparatuses to address the issues of insecurity in the country, these notorious criminal elements might dislodge the already tired security agencies and take over the country full swing. It is said that to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Our Cover Story for this week tells the details of what the citizens face daily, while contending with the various nonstate actors. The rest of our regulars are not left out in the edition. Enjoy the reading.
