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According to human rights lawyer Femi Falana, Nigeria is open to criticism and threats from outside sources, including US President Donald Trump, because the government has not dealt with internal security issues and policy contradictions.
While appearing on Wednesday’s Politics Today on Channels Television, Falana made this statement.
According to the senior lawyer, Nigeria is “in trouble” due to the fact that previous administrations have disregarded previously agreed-upon remedies to the country’s persistent issues, such as insecurity and conflicts between farmers and herders.
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According to Falana, who cited Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, a political analyst, the government’s inaction in Nigeria had enabled the story of “Christian genocide” to circulate unchallenged internationally.
Professor Jibrin Ibrahim is a revered intellectual, and he claims that the Nigerian government has done nothing to stop this campaign of Christian extermination for the past eight years. Men are travelling to the United States and then returning, unchallenged, propagating the narrative of Christian slaughter in Nigeria. Have we considered the most popular and widely accepted approaches to these issues among Nigeria’s political elite?” Former Northern Governor (now Senator) Simon Lalong and former Southern Governor (now deceased) Rotimi Akeredolu reached an agreement to outlaw open grazing in Nigeria while serving in separate capacities as chairs of the respective governors’ forums.
The other day, I was driving to Abuja from the airport route when I noticed some cattle on the street. Nowhere else on Earth does this except in Nigeria.
“What are the preferred solutions that these individuals have proposed?” It would be beneficial to set up ranches across the nation where livestock can graze in an enclosed space. Many will sow grasses, and others will even bring water.
How can any nation claim to be modern if its citizens may be abducted by criminal gangs and no one bothers to try to find them? In order to avoid paying ransom to kidnappers, victims or family members are often coerced into risking large quantities of money. To what extent will the government permit that?
The perpetrators will contact the victims’ loved ones using their personal phones, and those loved ones, anxious and bewildered, will contact the authorities or security firms for help.
Thanks to modern technology, it is now possible to pinpoint an exact location from any given phone number. Therefore, what are your expectations for security personnel? It’s not meant to force family members to go on a hunt for ransom money. You must successfully storm the criminals’ stronghold in order to rescue the kidnapped victims. Therefore, we are in a bind because the business becomes extremely profitable unless you do it.
This issue necessitates our attention. We are being treated like a colony of the United States of America; why have we brought this shame upon ourselves? There is no way we can take on Mr. Trump. Well, that’s quite bold of you. From where does this double standard emanate?