Time For Action And Not Lamentations, ACN Tells Jonathan

The Action Congress of Nigeria has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately convoque a national conference on the worsening insecurity in the land instead of offering platitudes any time the deadly Boko Haram strikes snuffing out lives out of innocent Nigerians.

In a statement issued in Ibadan on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed the party said the government must admit that it is clearly not winning the war against terrorism and as such must adopt a completely new strategy if we are not all to be consumed by the raging violence even as it condemned in very strong terms the recent needless blood letting in Kogi Sokoto Yobe and Borno states.

“Nigerians today are not safe in their homes, offices, roads or places of worship. Terrorists, kidnappers armed robbers and arsonists have taken complete control of the country and all the government can offer are platitudes, “the party lamented.

The party called on President Goodluck Jonathan today to free himself from self serving advisers and reach out to all leaders across the nation irrespective of political loyalties, religious or ethnic prejudices to find an urgent solution to this scourge.

It also called on all leaders, political ethnic or religious to refrain from inflammatory statements as some of these pronoucements have done nothing but fanned the ember of discord.

The party has watched with utter amazement the pitable and superficial approach of government to foster religious harmony, tolerance and peace. Until and when the President invites people of all shades and opinions from all over the country to tackle the root causes of insecurity a thousand road shows or breaking of fast by Christian prelates and Muslim imams will not bring us near peaceful co-existence the party said.