Nigeria can’t breathe – Kogi CoS
Kogi State Chief of Staff (CoS), Abdulkareem Asuku, has said Nigeria has myriads of challenges that include; insecurity, disunity, corruption currently stifling the country’s existence.
Asuku who was in Gombe for the inauguration of Rescue Nigeria Mission for the North-East region, revealed that the current administration has fared well but alot would have been achieved if the president, Muhammadu Buhari were agile, and able, as he was in his initial reign as military leader.
He explained that the country has become more polarised, deserving of a leader who would supervise activities and not one who was unaware of situations.
Asuku said, “First to mention is insecurity, the presidency under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has been able to achieve alot but it is not yet uhuru. We need someone who will be able to supervise, who will not just stay in Abuja and allow things to just happen that is when ability and agility if the youth of this country we need to secure our Nation, no Nation can succeed without security.
“The unity of this country is at stake today, the Muslim doesn’t trust the Christian. The North doesn’t trust the South. We are saying Nigeria can’t breathe because of disunity, we have a leader his excellency Yahaya Bello that has united the people of Kogi State, appointing people that are not from Kogi, showing that he is a unifier, first Muslim governor that decided to build a chapel for christians to worship.”
Commenting further the Chief of Staff revealed that corruption has done alot of ills to the fabric of the country’s existence, stressing that the natural resources were poorly harnessed.
“Corruption is steering at our faces today, we have a Nation with natural resources that ordinarily should be able to give aid to United States of America, Great Britain and the Asian world but we lack purposeful leadership to be able and harness these resources.
“The reason we can’t have a functional refinery that is our own, the reason we continue to import our fuel and we are shouting fuel subsidy, ideally when we have a leader that can build refinery that will function and extract your crude oil for the benefit of Nigeria. We have no reason subsidising crude oil commodity in Nigeria what is lacking is leadership, Nigeria can’t breathe until we have our refinery, until we have a leader that will unite Nigeria for the betterment of us all, until we have a leader that can curb widespread corruption,” Asuku added.
While urging youth participation in politics, Asuku noted that there was huge difference between inclusiveness and involvement, adding that 2023 election should allow for more engagement.
He said, “What we are doing is awareness creation we are calling on the youths to come and pick their PVC so that they can come into governance system in a peaceful manner.
“This movement is against revolution what we are calling for is youth involvement not just inclusiveness but allowing the youth to take the driver seat because they have the leadership capacity, the technical know-how the agility, ability and even and the number that is required to reposition the situation democratically.”