The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC has strongly condemned the Abuja bomb blasts that claims many live early this morning at a Nyanya Bus Stop, Suburb of FCT; the explosion which left scores dead, especially workers, NLC said is as barbaric as it is condemnable. Adding that It is a sore reminder that the battle against terror is far from over. It is also a reminder that there are no safe havens.
According to the NLC President, Comrade Abdulwahed Ibrahim Omar, the Labour Congress condoled with the victims and their families, saying that as citizens must be more vigilant and resolute at all times. We must stand together as one family united by grief and threat to our collective well-being. Every bomb that goes off takes something away from us, yet we will never surrender. We will defeat this enemy with our collective resolve and focus.
In a statement sign by the NLC President Omar, he said the Federal Government needs to do more to reassure Nigerians about their safety as It takes more than regular effort to confront an enemy as resourceful as this, adding that in the past three years a sizable per cent age of our national budget has been devoted to security. This should translate into better infrastructure, training and incentive for our personnel and not slush funds for dark interests.
Omar said "our roads oftentimes are turned into a nightmare in the quest by our security personnel to apprehend terror suspects or frustrate their plans through the doctrine of pre-emption, yet it is doubtful if these personnel are sufficiently equipped for their tasks. More often than not it is guess work or application of psychology, yet the cold realities of our situation certainly require more than this."
"Our government must tackle this terror through confrontation and through the depletion of their ranks via provision of education and jobs."
We also call for the full and immediate implementation of the reports of the two committees set up by the Federal Government on Boko Haram. They made profound recommendations including the prosecution of those believed to have started the crisis.
"This great country cannot live in a perpetual state of terror." Abdulwahed Ibrahim Omar said.
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