Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), yesterday, disclosed that former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, will chair a two-day roundtable on rising insecurity in the country.
According to the coalition, the North has become a breeding ground for terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other criminal activities.
National Coordinator of CNG, Jamilu Charanchi, at a briefing in Abuja, said for the past two decades, northern Nigeria had been grappling with a series of security challenges that inflicted immense suffering on the people.
Charanchi said: “The roundtable will bring together frontline Northern states governors, national security chiefs, heads of security agencies, academics, policymakers, security experts, judicial officers, traditional rulers, clerics, and other critical stakeholders.
“The aim is to develop strategies for collaboration between federal, state and local authorities, as well as the involvement of the general public. The outcome will be a module to democratise the security project by engaging individuals and communities, as well as various stakeholders, to take ownership of the security efforts in the region.”
He said the committee, which had been working for the past three months, examined the inadequate response to the security crisis, highlighting the absence of synergy among security agencies, the lack of cooperation between the states and Federal Government, and the neglect of public involvement in combating these issues.
Sub-technical committee on security members are: Maj-Gen SarkinYaki Bello (rtd), Chairman; Ibrahim Katsina, Vice Chairman.
Other members include Brig-Gen Abubakar Saad (rtd), Abdullahi Mohammed, AVM Monday Morgan (rtd), Salisu Muhammad, Mohammed Babandede, Hadi Sudawa and Hassan Zungeru.
