Bishop Onuoha
Methodist bishop to FG: Address insecurity to guarantee 2023 general elections
[From BONIFACE OKORO, Umuahia]
Methodist Bishop, Dr Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha, has called on the President Muhammed Buhari-led federal government to take steps to guarantee and make the 2023 general elections peaceful and successful by tackling headlong, the security challenges threatening the existence of the country.
Bishop Onuoha who is the President of Vision Africa International and Co-chair Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace, while interacting with newsmen in Umuahia, advised the federal government to deploy all resources at its disposal in dealing with insecurity now if 2023 would not be a mirage.
“It is germane that as we prepare for 2023, the federal government should channel resource towards surmounting insecurity in the country. The citizenry deserve better security; they must go to bed, wake up and be assured that all they have laboured for is intact. If this is not done, there will continue to be fears and apprehensions in the country.
“If we don’t tackle this lingering problem once and for all now, 2023 will be a mirage and a year that all of us will not forget in a hurry,” he said.
The Bishop expressed worry that Nigerians have become weary of waking up every morning to hear of attacks by bandits, marauding Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram insurgents, warning that if these enemies of Nigeria were not fished out and dealt with accordingly, the country may experience widespread voter apathy during the 2023 general elections on a scale never seen before.
The 2013 Global Peace Award Winner charged the federal government to prove to Nigerians that it was capable of fulfilling the primary responsibility of every government which is to secure the life and property of the citizenry, which he noted, has eluded Nigerians for too long, by addressing the hydra-headed security challenges now.
According to him, changing tactics in the face of the persistent attacks by the enemies of the state may prove to be the magic wand for winning the war against insurgency, banditry and attacks by herdsmen, among others.
He urged the federal government to seek collaboration with her neighbours and provide more support for the security personnel who have put in their best to tackle the problem of insecurity.
