Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, urged President Bola Tinubu to decisively act on the terrorists causing chaos in the nation on Monday, stating that he could not afford to fail in this crucial national task.
According to the organization, the President has to show the political resolve and bravery necessary to eradicate the terrorists who are murdering and kidnapping hundreds of people.
In addition, Afenifere urged Tinubu to start reorganizing the nation such that regional governments are run under the legislative branch, while allowing his most recent declaration regarding state police to take effect.
The call was made by the socio-political group on Monday in a statement that was co-signed by Justice Faloye and Mogaji Gboyega Adejumo, the group’s assistant and publicity secretary, respectively.
Speaking on the recent deaths in the Plateau and the kidnapping of more than a hundred pupils in Kaduna, Afenifere declared that Tinubu needs to eliminate the perpetrators.
“It is down to you Mr. President if you would rather go the way of your predecessors, by looking the other way and let innocent blood flow, be disgraced and set for an early exit or find the strength, the will and the courage to face the sponsors of terror, with the resolve to eradicating this Àbíkú scourge from ever again taking root anywhere in our land,”
It also bemoaned over the hardship in the land, calling on the President to resolve it, as its also a pressing national issue.
“The Nigerian naira plunged to its lowest point on record in official trading as a shortage of US dollars persisted despite promises by the government to boost supply.
“Our people are dying due to hunger. Nigeria has become the hunger capital of the world. How are the people, so impoverished be saddled with paying ransom to kidnappers right in the middle of possibly the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world that even Ukraine a country with Russia lasting two years and still counting, is now the one to be sending humanitarian aid to Nigeria!?
“Let the people begin to see a change, Mr. President A challenge being tackled over the years with the same methods, cannot yield a different result from a certain failure,” the organisation said.
It also reiterated its demand that the nation revert to a parliamentary form of government.
“Return the country to the parliamentary system of government. Bring back regionalism and watch our countrymen and our hopeless children begin to live again in dignity, right before your very eyes,” it said.
