The Chairman of Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS), Shade Omoniyi has described the insecurity in Nigeria as “worrisome”.
Omoniyi stated this in Offa, Kwara State on Monday while speaking at the 4th Annual Colloquium Of Galaxy Clique Offa.
Giving her speech as Chairperson of the occasion on the topic “Emerging Trends and Insecurity In Our Communities: Challenges and Solutions”, she said “the general instability in the country is worrisome. Incidences of farmers/herders clashes, Boko Haram insurgency, banditry, ethno-religious clashes and intolerance, cultism, drug addiction and kidnapping for ransom as well as politicization of ethnic and religious differences are now major concern.
“Insecurity portend a dangerous threat to the unity of the country.
“How did we get here and what can we do to change the narrative? We believe it takes teamwork to find a way out of the situation we find ourselves in, ponder on all our differences, and use all our collective creativity to carefully pursue the common saying that security begins with you and me, to save our community from this quagmire.
“Perhaps a good starting point to addressing these myriad of security issues is to build an ‘elite consensus’ on Nigeria’s security, unity, incomprehensibility and peaceful existence. Such a consensus has worked in the past. Can we now make it work and provide solutions to prevent threats to our unity as a nation?
She then reinstate her belief that the Colloquium would develop concrete and implementable resolutions to the insecurity.
“I believe its based on this premise the Club has decided to bring all critical stakeholders together, to deliberate on the issues and possibly reach a consensus on the way forward.
“We expect this gathering to develop concrete, implementable resolutions, because a lot of talks and postulations had taken place and while government is doing all it can to improve the security situation, the level of security is still very worrisome.
“In view of the seriousness of the insecurity in our community, we have no doubt that the expected contributions from our seasoned and intellectual panelists, Air Vice Marshal Ishaq balogun (Rtd), Assitant Inspector General Remi Opadokun (Rtd), Col. Olayinka Olayanju (Rtd) and other traditional security will go a long way in proffering solutions to what has now become an existential crisis.
“On that note, I want to once again welcome you all to this annual colloquium on Emerging Trend and Insecurity in our communities and also thank you for your kind attention.”
Mrs. Shade Omoniyi is the Chairperson of the occasion.
