Bad governance aids insurgency in
Nort East –Bindow
Adamawa State Governor, Muhammadu
Bindow
The Adamawa State governor,
Muhammadu Bindow, has said that weakness in institutions of governance has
partly aided the spread of insurgency among the youths in the country.
In a statement in Yola, the governor
said Nigeria deserved United States-led international community support to get
out of recession, and through which it could successfully curb the spread of
terrorist ideology among youth and vulnerable persons.
While lauding the United States,
United Nations and other countries and humanitarian agencies that support humanitarian
activities in areas affected by the Boko Haram insurgency, Bindow said that
apart from helping in securing and rebuilding the sub region, institutional
capacity of governance must be strengthened at the state and local government
levels for them to be effective.
He said, “Governments in the North
East need to be strengthened to be able to provide the desired leadership that
will mobilise and galvanise our citizens to be productive and protective of
their interest.
‘For most people, the only government
they know is the municipal government, hence the need to strengthen its
institutional capacity.”
Bindow said state and local
governments needed enhancement in areas of agriculture, which is the mainstay
of the region’s economy; and the provision of social services such as education
and sound health care delivery.”
He stressed that a system that is
strained by excessive poverty, high rate of unemployment, social inequalities
and limited access to education could not guarantee peace or peaceful coexistence;
adding that those challenges are at the core of insurgency that was fuelled by
the
globalisation of terror.
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