CDNI URGES POLITICIANS TO ABIDE BY THE TENET OF DEMOCRACY ‘STOP WEAPONISING INSECURITY’
Foremost Ambassador’s group to promotes peace, good governance and development in Nigeria, Calm Down Nigeria Initiative (CDNI) has support a statement made by the former Nigerian finance minister. The Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, cautioning politicians in Nigeria to stop weaponising insecurity against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.
During the opening ceremony of the 2024 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Sunday. She said we cannot have socio-economic development without security.
“We all know that security has been weaponised in our country for political purposes by political actors, leading partly to the situation we have now. some politicians believe that the best way to make their opponents look bad is to instigate insecurity making it look like they can’t govern, regardless of whether this leads to loss of lives and property of innocent Nigerians. This has to stop.” She stated.
Recently, after the #EndHunger movement – Intelligence gathering reports from CS’O has pointed out that some political actors are behind the protests to destabilize the peace of the country, and deliberately aimed to weakening a polity efforts of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.
We, calm down Nigeria initiative group has call on politicians to abide by the tenets of a democratic .
“Let us work harder to make our democracy produce more positive results. Nigeria politics is not do or die affairs, let leave the standard of democracy, the ambition you have doesn’t bigger than Nigerian’s constitution.
“We are confident in PBAT government policies, let retain our faith in his government and not allow mischievous to undermine the current reforms for their selfish ends,“Amb.Frank Albert Jnr Okolie said.
Olushola Akinyele
National Publicity Secretary
Calm Down Nigeria Initiative (CDNI)
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