President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that the spiralling insecurity in Northern Nigeria remains his deepest concern, warning that the crisis is choking national progress and stability.
Represented by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, at the Arewa Consultative Forum’s Silver Jubilee in Kaduna on Friday, Tinubu said his administration is tackling the country’s complex security challenges with renewed urgency.
In his address titled, “A Generation Summoned by a Crisis,” the President admitted that the government inherited daunting and multilayered threats but insisted that decisive actions are underway, The News Chronicle gathered.
“Nothing troubles me more gravely than the security crisis bedevilling Nigeria, especially Northern Nigeria,” Affliction in one part of our country is a setback for all.
We cannot prosper when a vital limb of the national body is paralysed.” He stated.
Tinubu added that the North now needs honest, courageous voices to confront its realities.
“Yes, there have been missteps and moments of drift. But the North has not failed, failure begins the day we abandon our duty to be our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers.
“It is failure when we sleep comfortably while millions go to bed hungry, when fear becomes the constant companion of travellers.”
Still, Tinubu insisted that the region is not beyond redemption.
“The dysfunction of past decades strained unity and fractured bonds. Yet the diversity gathered here today is proof of a collective resolve to reject division and rebuild what has been broken,” Tinubu added.
