A member of the Security Committee of the National Conference, Mr Tony Nyiam, has called on other members of the conference to produce legislation that will change the political structure of the country.
He also warned that in the absence of the right political, economic structure, Nigeria will continue to witness the security crisis it is witnessing at the moment, noting that “today it is Boko Haram, tomorrow, it might be another thing”
Mr Nyiam further stated that “while we need to respond to the immediate military rapid response to what is going on now; we must not to lose focus”.
“We must stop this attitude of denying that our mode of co-existence engenders grievances and disgruntlement that can lead to violent expressions as we are now experiencing”.
He advocated for national security to take certain steps in order to be effective in the fight against insecurity.
He said “for national security to be national security, it must be spiritual, in the sense of freedom of worship, social, in the sense that people will determine how they want to live their lives, political where we stop paying lip service to free and fair elections and economic where we must realise that an economy, which does not allow room for manufacturing, for production” warning that “we will create massive gaps that people will exploit and now hit back at the same economy”.
Continuing, Mr Nyiam urged the police hierarchy to not only protect their corners or jobs adding that they need to realise that the police need to “that they need people to complement their efforts so that they can zoom in and protect and defend federal laws”.
Mr Nyiam who spoke during Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, debunked the notion that some members of the conference are there for selfish rather than national interests but challenged some members not to address issues of their own immediate needs.
He also called on Nigerians not to judge delegates by their past insisting that “those who people think are bad are the ones who have the knowledge of the intrigues that has taken us to where we are; so if you exclude them how do you think we can deal with the situation we have at hand” he asked.
He further called on all and sundry to stop the blame games and work for the betterment of the country.