The Emir Of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State, Alhaji Zabairu Jubril, said on Tuesday that the current security challenges in the country required the involvement of all Nigerians to contain.
The emir spoke at the ongoing Northern Nigeria Security Conference organized by Arewa Research and Development Project (ARDP) in Kaduna.
He stressed that it was “a big mistake” to assume that only security agencies had the responsibility of ending the security challenges.
“The problem of your neighbour is also your own, this is not a political issue, it is a very serious issue we must all wake up and fight.
“One entity cannot fight this terrible menace. I want us to think deeply; it’s not the issue of one party; we are all responsible and we must take that responsibility very seriously.
“Unless we come together, we will continue to wrongly think that the solutions lie only on security agencies or government,” he said.
The monarch stressed that even though the greater responsibility of ensuring peace and stability was with government and security agencies, Nigerians must all get involved.
“We must all be involved in addressing this menace.
“The time has come for us to remember that if you think a problem affecting your brother or your neighbour is not important, you are making a very big mistake, because if you do not take care of the problem of your brother you are not a good believer.”
The emir attributed the conflicts in the country partly to poverty and lack of access to education, issues which, he said, must be addressed holistically by government and key stakeholders.
“Poverty is a very terrible thing. Some people are using poverty and illiteracy to destroy our society, we must therefore fight poverty and make sure we give good education to our people,” the monarch added.
The Secretary General of Jamaatul Nasrul Islam (JNI), Dr Khalid Aliyu, also called for collective action to tackle the country’s security challenges.
“The issue of security is very important in the society. Without security there is not going to be any meaningful existence of human beings.
“It’s time for all of us to come together to face the scourge of insecurity in our country so that it can be totally eradicated for us to have a meaningful life.”
Source: NAN
