by Emma Chidogo
Members of the Council of State consisting of the Vice President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, former Heads of State, former Chief Justices of Nigeria and all state governors, have held an emergency meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan over the present state of terrorism.
The council, while pledging their support to the president, vowed to stop terrorism in the country by the end of 2014.
Briefing state house correspondents after the meeting, Niger state governor, Babangida Aliyu, said that it was the resolution of council members that all hands must be on the deck to end the insurgency in parts of the country. He said the council would work hard to ensure that the predictions by some foreigners that Nigeria would cease to exist as a united body beyond 2015 remained a wishful thinking.
The Governor added that the council observed that leaders, particularly politicians remained the only threats to the country and democracy.
“In leadership, you must take difficult decisions and really go about implementing them.
“So, all the things came to the fore at the meeting and subsequently, each of us made it a deliberate resolution to all be bi-partisan or non-partisan to support the President to make sure that we get rid of this insurgency and indeed suggesting that before December.”
The Council also resolved to put an end to all discriminatory practices in states including the registration and “deportation” of non-indigenes, as well as different school fees for indigenes and non-indigenes in states-owned institutions among others.
Speaking on discriminatory practices in states including the registration and “deportation” of non-indigenes, Akwa Ibom state governor, Godswill Akpabio said the council frowned at the registration of Nigerians in parts of the country and directed that the exercise be stopped forthwith.
He added that the council had set up a six-member committee saddled with the responsibility of further identifying other discriminatory practices across the country. He revealed that the has two months to submit its report, after which, they would then decide if the National Assembly would be approached to ensure that changes are made.
Absent at the meeting were President of the Senate, David Mark and former preidents/Heads of State, President Olusegun Obasanjo and Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
Can the Federal Government put an end to insurgency in 4 months?
The Iraqi insurgency of 2003 which erupted following the completion of the invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s rule, lasted until early 2006 – 3 years – when it deteriorated into the Iraqi civil war.
In the 1920s, Thailand experienced insurgency which was caused by the establishment of the Communist party of Thailand. Communist insurgency became a national concern that had beset a number of Thai Governments and dominated military and police activities for more than twenty years. It took extensive military aid and technical assistance that the United States had provided to put an end to the situation in the 1950s.
Jewish insurgency in Palestine was a violent campaign carried out by Jewish underground groups against the British forces and officials in Mandatory Palestine between 1939 and 1947 (8 years before it was quelled).
Going by the statistics above, it will take an unimaginable miracle for the Council to put an end to the activities of insurgents within 4 months. But it is said that history can always be rewritten.
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