Insecurity: Buhari must urgently reorganise nation’s security setup – ADP

Amidst the escalating security situation across the country, the Action Democratic Party (ADP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently reorganise the nation’s security apparatus.

The party said the President was aware of the solution to nation’s worsening security situation facing the country, while urging him to act.

National chairman of the ADP, Yabagi Sanni, stated this in an interview with BusinessDay, Monday, noting that current heads of security agencies in the country had failed and should be replaced.

“He should appoint more young men as heads of security agencies. Buhari knows where the problem lies, let him act,@ he said.

Sanni who was also the party’s presidential candidate in the last February election, however, stressed that the worsening security situation needed a radical approach.

 “The president needs to do more. You don’t just put people into positions, there is a need for him to be proactive and carry out radical changes before things get out of hand.”

Speaking on the list of ministerial nominees currently being screened by the Senate, Sanni faulted the President decision to exclude portfolios on the list of the nominees before they are screened, stressing that the objective of the screening would not be achieved.

He further advised President Buhari to set up a performance appraisal mechanism for the new Ministers, adding that several of the Minsters in the last administration performed below expectations.

“It is only in Nigeria that we are still doing things in the Stone Age. If you send someone as Minister you have to tell me what position or portfolio you are nominating that person for. So the Senate can’t do what the law says they should do, in terms of screening of the Ministers.

“There are other positions the president appoints people into, like the position of Chief Justice of the Federation and INEC chairman. Their names and portfolios are usually there.

“What we have now is only a mockery of the system. It will not give us the desired result,” Sanni added.

 

Iniobong Iwok