"Don't Compromise National Security For Political Patronage".... Onuesoke Tells Politicians.
"Trends have shown evidently that insecurity is capable of drying-out investment, increasing unemployment, reducing export receipts and government revenue and by implication, slows economic growth".
A Chieftain of the People's Democratic Party PDP, Delta state chapter, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has appealed to Nigerian politicians not to compromise the national security for political patronage.
The implications of such actions are dire on the nation’s social, economic and political development, Onuesoke revealed.
Onuesoke, a vocal stakeholder in the nation's political well-being, spoke on the sideline during a security workshop organized in Abuja recently.
He warned that Nigerian politicians should realize that if the state of insecurity is allowed to continue because of political patronage and affiliation, the nation will be doomed for life.
He explained that trends have shown evidently that insecurity is capable of drying-out investment, increasing unemployment, reducing export receipts and government revenue and by implication, slows economic growth.
Onuesoke who said no nation can achieve sustainable development in an environment of insecurity stated that, "If foreign investors must come to Nigeria, there must be security stability within the thirty six states of the federation".
He advised all and sundry to put their political differences aside to fight the insecurity scourge for the survival of the nation, not only for the generation of today, but for generations yet unborn.
Onuesoke traced the causes of insecurity in the country to 'do or die politics', elite manipulation of ethnicity and religious differences, widespread systemic and political corruption, struggle for resources, weak security system, pervasive material inequalities, unemployment, poverty and terrorism among others.
The former governorship aspirant observed that security crises in different parts of Nigeria have destroyed existing infrastructure, prevented a peaceful environment for the development of further infrastructure and a safe environment for economic activities by individuals.
"Other effects of insecurity in Nigeria include social dislocation and displacement of people, social tensions and new pattern of settlements which encourages Muslims/Christians divisions, it heightens hostility between 'indigenes' and 'settlers', dislocation and disruption of family and communal life, it creates general atmosphere of mistrust, fear, anxiety and frenzy, inhumane treatment of people".
"This is especially so in areas where rape, child abuse and neglect are used as instruments of war, deepening of hunger and poverty in the polity, atmosphere of political insecurity and instability, including declining confidence in the political leadership and apprehension about the system and governance deficit as a result of security agencies inefficiency and corruption", Onuesoke stated.
He advised that, resolving the insecurity issue in the country, calls for a concerted effort by all politicians, leaders and those in government, to come out with well articulated security policies to address the hydra-headed problem.
Such solutions must be such that it should be long lasting and all-encompassing to avoid a recurrence, he added.
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