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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Barrister Jonathan Gunu Taidi (SAN), has said that Nigerians are passing through the toughest moment of their lives, warning that the leaders should live up to their responsibilities.
He stated that with the increasing rate of hunger among Nigerians, if adequate measures were not taken to cushion the effects of the alarming proportion of poverty and hunger bedevilling the citizens, it might lead to unprecedented reactions from the populace.
Speaking with journalists in an interview in Minna on Wednesday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria said leaders should put measures in place to alleviate the increasing hardship imposed on the people, saying that with the current situation in the country, people may revolt against the leaders if necessary things are not done urgently.
According to him, the removal of fuel subsidies without putting the needed remedies in place to improve the well-being of the people was an absurdity that should not have been allowed, adding that the leaders were taking the patience of the citizens for granted.
"It is a fact that, arising from the withdrawal of fuel subsidies, our economic situation has become unpredictably harsh.
"You wake up every day; the prices of items are on the rise, with no commensurate incomes on the part of our people.
"This is very unacceptable because the government itself that withdrew the subsidies did not have any plan for the repercussions of that withdrawal," he declared.
He explained that it was in the interest of the generality of the people that the leaders should quickly go back to the drawing board to put measures in place to safeguard the situations from getting out of control.
"They shouldn't wait until the protests that are now in pockets begin to spread all over the country; it will be very uncontrollable for them," he added.
The Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, has stressed the need for synergy and cooperation among security agencies in the state to enhance their operations towards curbing crimes.
The commissioner said this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Niger State Command, CC Kumar Tsukwan, in his office yesterday in Minna.
CP Danmamman said that such cooperation and synergy among security brotherly agencies will help in tamming the activities of criminals.
The commissioner said the visit to the sector commander of FRSC in the state was meant to sustain the existing cordial relationship between the two organisations with the view to curb accidents, ensure traffic management, and enhance the protection of the lives and properties of citizens in the state.
CP Danmamman disclosed further that no agency can do it alone without the brotherly assistance of other agencies, most especially in the area of motor vehicle investigation-related crime, through sharing information about vehicle data from the FRSC and the police Central Motor Registry (CMR), hence the need to synergize and cooperate with one another.
In his response, the FRSC sector commander, Niger State Command, CC Kumar Tsukwan, welcomed the commissioner of police to his office and explained that his office doesn't delay in sharing information with the police for investigation activities on vehicle matters.
The sector commander, who earlier appreciated the CP's visit and support of their various offices within the state, described the visit as apt and timely, promising that he will work for a more robust relationship with the police, most especially on the environmental task force towards ensuring clearance of roads around the market areas in the state.
Commander Kumar Tsukwan then commended the men and officers of the Niger State Police Command for their performance during the recently conducted re-run State House of Assembly election at Lavun Local Government Area of the state.
