The Vice Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, has talked about the total lack of will on the part of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to tackle numerous challenges confronting Nigeria.
While talking on Channels TV programme, Sunrise Daily recently, Baba-Ahmed said the ruling government had failed to deliver on its campaign promises.
APC has been under heavy criticism for permitting insecurity and other issues to escalate with a lot of Nigerians accusing the government of corruption in addressing the scourge.
While speaking about these issues during the interview, he identified expansion of recruitment in the security sector as a major way of tackling the crisis of insecurity.
Also, he stressed the need for adequate monitoring of security votes aimed at ensuring the security of lives and property in Nigeria.
He said: “We will expand the recruitment process with an expansion of the police needed. 2015 was a mistake that should never be allowed to repeat itself again. There is no will on the part of the federal government to tackle the insecurity bedeviling the country considering its failure to deliver on its campaign promises.
“Furthermore, security votes to state governors should be monitored and these decisions are really difficult to make but this gives no right for anyone to pocket monies earmarked for security. This is why we need people who want to genuinely change the lives of the people
“The states’ legislatures and various committees must ensure that the security votes are duly accounted for because the system must not succumb to corruption.”
