Wednesday 17 April 2013

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA NEEDS AMNESTY AND NOT BOKO HARAM (PART THREE)

"We cannot run, dodge or duck from our responsibility. It is our responsibility to bring law and order. It is our duty to support good government or assist build a better government, and when necessary, rebuild our dear nation. Responsibility sometimes is not a burden, it is a blessing when we all play our roles diligently and sincerely. Good leadership is a problem Nigeria can overcome if we all become responsible and disciplined enough to make government succeed doing the right thing."

We do not need to create avenues for encouraging crime, terrorism and lawlessness in our society. Those who are wrong should be made to accept their blames and punishment. Government attention and actions should not focus on conflict resolution and management alone. There are other task demanding areas that require better attention of government too. So, we need to rebuild Nigeria, and the best time to do it better is now.

Government should should separate politics from the handling of serious security situations and put all relevant government agencies in best shape to successfully curb crime and terrorism in Nigeria. All discoveries, arrests and investigations on Boko Haram sects in the past and present should have provided to update the public with hope. You don't just keep quiet and arguing with people who are not targets and victims of the attacks. Come out with useful information and guidelines to deal better on the issue now. The various dialogue and discussions with the sect in-camera and off-camera are good for professional reviewed that can subjected all analysis to serious criticism and give room for diligence and due process. Dead people don't live in Nigeria. There are no ghost citizens in Nigeria. We are all human. Therefore, government should exercise control over affairs of governing Nigeria without allowing corruption and poor handling complicate problems.

We need proactive and holistic approach to handle terrorism. Terrorism is a worldwide problem and there is a need for us to worry when external terrorist organisations are connected in providing logistics, weapons and funds for local terrorist organisations in Nigeria. Right now, competent hands should be invited and allowed on the matter. Government must be focused to ensure that every human life is protected jealously irrespective of tribe and political interest. This government can achieve meaningful peace and progress in due course if law and order is respected, and competency given importance to allow better on all matters. Competency should not be based on anointing children of the same failed politicians and leaders to handle serious social problem.

Likewise, the federal government and state governments should be up-to-task to handle the responsibility of their offices. The security votes and others allotted in budgets to their offices is meant for them to take proper control of their areas. What have they been using these funds for that the results are not showing? All the public office holders were not elected by ghosts, and they are not governing over dead people. So, governments at all levels should start operating as governing the living. The terrorists in Nigeria are not invisible to the government who have been connecting and dealing all alone with them, even in 'proxy'.

It is not too late for government agencies and crises handlers to be proactive, competent and up to the task of delivering good results as expected. Everything cannot just be politics! We need government to organize transparent and proper dialogue with the sect as it has popularized to have done. Again, if there is no skeleton in anybody's cupboard, don't let us force amnesty on Boko Haram creating political propaganda where the ghosts will appear from nowhere with weapons and surrender. Likely, some of those they have arrested before will be among. And before we know it, more youths will become terrorists to gain attention and wealth given to terrorists by government.

Remember the case of UMAR FAROUK ABDULMUTALLAB. What made him do what he did and how did he got to such level? We always need competent hands of any small and big social problem issue. We don't need to play politics with problems consuming human lives and violate public safety. We should stop deceiving ourselves that Nigerians are not the terrorists bombing in the north. We should be making efforts to check ourselves and stop blaming others for our own shortcomings.

What we need to ask the Boko Haram now is what exactly do they want? If they don't want amnesty, they must want something else. What is it?


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Tuesday 16 April 2013

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA NEEDS AMNESTY AND NOT BOKO HARAM (PART TWO)


"When we take responsibility, we admit we are the ones responsible for the choices we make. We, not other people or events, are responsible for the way we think, feel, act or fail to act when required. It is our life, and we are in charge of it. We are free to make nonsense or the best out of it. Although we might not be responsible for all that happens to us, but we are responsible for how we think, feel and act when they happened to us."

Considering the consequences of terrorist acts in our society if not totally discouraged, on the issue of Boko Haram and its negative influence like the militants on the upcoming generations, we need to re-assess the dialogue so far between government and all the Boko Haram sects. What were the outcome of the various discussions and investigations? How does the recommendation from the facts finding dictate the step for amnesty? What are the implication of pardon for the terrorists? Will there be proper counselling and rehabilitation for them? Is there no need for legal justification for pardoning criminals in Nigeria? How will crime and terrorism be totally discouraged among the youths and politicians? How do we restore peace and focus our abundant resources on development and invention of a better life for all? How do we PROGRESS NOW?

A good government carry its citizens along in running affairs of government in order to be on top of all situations and crises. It is the responsibility of government to ensure that the welfare of the citizens and visitors are guaranteed. Not foreigners or visitors to come and tell what to do or not to do. It is the responsibility of the government to provide secured atmosphere for comfortable life. Without security, there can be no peace. Without justice there can be no progress. A corrupt government cannot succeed in this kind of difficult situation if care is not taken - it will definitely fail. It is bad when government pamper and protect criminals from punishment or back them against public interest. It is wrong and a crime for government to encourage crime and terrorism.

Government should not be granting amnesty to terrorists without considering due process. Did America grant Mutalab amnesty for suicide bombing? Therefore, we should not be so much concerned about the opinion of foreigners that encourage meaningless pardon for criminals. Will granting of amnesty make Nigeria safer and better? We have a choice as people, to be most concerned about our survival and the choice to run our own lives. We don't need to be confused by eye service that do us no good. Confusion and crises have been used to exploit and rob our resources for the development of other places other than Nigeria. The rest of the world should support Nigeria to punish offenders and criminals, and stop encouraging meaningless pardon for criminals.

Government must change its nonchalant attitude and poor approach towards handling terrorism in Nigeria. It must be responsive and objective in all its dealing on the matter across the nation. Government should command respect and control on all affairs of the nation. The Federal Government must stop all its corruption and insensitivity to the suffering of its people and unnecessary loss of innocent lives. Personalities in government should be good role models for our youths especially, and not criminals and sadists who arm our youths for selfish political and economic gain in the affairs of governance.

To emphasize on a point of correction, don't force amnesty on Boko Haram members! Since the sect have rejected amnesty, what else do they want? Why is it that the amnesty proposed to them by the Federal Government for killing and destruction in the north should be given to the Federal Government? Why is it that it is the government that deserves pardon?

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Monday 15 April 2013

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA NEEDS AMNESTY AND NOT BOKO HARAM (PART ONE)


In response to Amnesty proposal to members of the Boko Haram sect by the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, the group rejected the offer saying that they do nothing wrong to deserved the pardon. Why? The group said it is the Federal Government of Nigeria that need the amnesty, and not them. 

It is worrisome again to hear that the sect is rejecting pardon for all their crimes. May be, they are not really responsible for the offences, or may be, conscience is worrying them to desire punishment than pardon. Which ever it is, some people are responsible for the killing. Dialogue is done by communication. Let us maintain open communication with the sect now. They claimed that the Federal Government is responsible for the offence probably why it deserves the amnesty. Our own response to the sect is: "How come the Federal Government deserves amnesty and not Boko Haram?"

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