NUJ, Vice-President chides on Nigeria's security challenge

Gombe – Mr Alhassan Yahaya, Zone E Vice-President of Nigeria Union of
Journalists (NUJ), has advised past leaders in the country to desist from
making utterances that could threaten peace and unity in the country.

Yahaya gave the advice in an interview yesterday in Gombe on the security
challenges in the country.
“It is not time for politics. Election is over; let’s try as much as possible to
unite as one country to develop Nigeria.
“Now that election is over, national interest and citizens’ welfare should be top
priority.
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“Nigeria belongs to all of us and until we keep sentiments, religious and
ethnicity aside, only then will we move forward and experience development as
one united country.
“Based on our constitution, everyone has the right of freedom of speech but we
must speak within the provisions of the constitution and not to speak to create
chaos or tension within the country,’’ he said.
Yahaya charged security personnel to monitor and arrest anyone guilty of hate
speech that could incite violence.
Similarly, Mr Victor Alkali, the immediate past chairman of the Nigerian Bar
Association (NBA), Gombe State chapter, said the security of the country was
a collective responsibility and not an individual task.
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Alkali stressed that for the country to enjoy peace, everyone including
traditional institutions must be involved.
“Leaders must not be sentimental or biase, there should be collective
condemnation of all negative acts.
“If our leaders can be nationalistic, we would have fewer problems in the
country and our unity as a people would be easily protected for sustenance of
peace,’’ Alkali added.