To stem the rising tide of insecurity in the country and gradually return Nigeria to where it should be, below is a snapshot of a lengthy recommendation: Immediate engagement of mercenaries to carpet all the badly troubled areas in a wisely negotiated contract.
Massive recruitment and establishment of police training centres in all the big cities in Nigeria. These new men should be ready for deployment in six months’ time followed by staged disengagement of the mercenaries. Comprehensive beefing up of the NPF over the next two years.
Gradual strengthening of the Nigerian military over the next 10 years. And pulling the economy from the doldrums so that youths can be engaged And lastly, generally providing good leadership which, in part, should take care of citizens’ Where to get the money Easy!Overhaul expenditure pattern: shut down needless parastatals, slash/remove crazy allowances, suspend some not-so vital projects, etc. Emergency mode will enable, and should be activated.
We can do without the NASS for a year. But we cannot do without the military and the police for a year. Aso Rock clinic should be privatized and everyone in the villa should pay for his meals. So many, many ways to cut costs. You can’t be living like a king while your house is on fire fueled by abject poverty.
Ministries and parastatals still buy Pajero, costing over N40m, for Directors and other senior government officials and we can hardly successfully produce a single bolt used in making it. Suspending 30,000 minimum wage implementation will not help. Countless contradictions in our society will need to be
Alternatively, we would be out for a long drawn out war if we are lucky, anarchy in less than a year if we are less lucky.
Now the big question: does the current president have the capacity to act as recommended?
