South West Speakers Meet In Lagos To Tackle Insecurity

 

-South West Speakers meet in Lagos to finding lasting solutions to the security challenge in the region.

 

The Conference of Speakers in the South West zone have met last night to hold its maiden meeting in Lagos with the focus of proffering lasting solutions to the lingering security threat confronting the region.

 

The Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of Nigeria, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, in his welcome address as the chief host, emphasized issues affecting security in the region.

 

Obasa said, “We are gathered here today to deliberate on South-West economic and socio-political integration for progress.

 

“We know the problems confronting us as a region which includes kidnapping, theft, arson and herdsmen attacks on our people.

 

“It has reached an alarming height and we need to beef up our internal security; all stakeholders in the region should collaborate to find lasting solutions to the hydra-headed security problems confronting us.”

 

Obasa, who is also the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, noted that the idea to establish special security offices across the region was also in the pipeline.

 

He urged the Local, State and the Federal Government to work assiduously to stem the threat to peace.

 

“There should be speedy action to halt this sad development, we condemn xenophobic attacks in its entirety and we urge our citizens to give peace a chance.

 

“Nigerians should not result to vandalisation of their investments in Nigeria in retaliation to South African xenophobia,” he said.

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In the same vein, the Chairman, Conference of Speakers of South-West State Legislatures, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun, called on political stakeholders in the region to promote ldevelopment.

 

“We want peace and unity in South-Western states and we had robust debate on what is to be done to move our zone forward,” he said.

 

In funding the proposed special security offices across the region, Oloyeligun said that the governors were ready to support security issues affecting their states.