Perhaps for the first time since the country’s return to democracy in 1999, the meeting of the south-east governors’ forum recorded full attendance of the 5 governors of the zone.
In the past, governors would typically send their deputies and infrequently attended the zonal meetings in person probably because they believed the forum to be of little importance. The forum’s meetings were consequently infrequent.
Security and development are directly related, thus they must be considered jointly. Terrorism and kidnapping have become lucrative industries for criminal elements, costing the south-east region trillions of naira and numerous needless deaths. The outcome has been disastrous: the south-east economy is collapsing. Asaba, Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja are welcoming an increase in enterprises and industries of fleeing Igbos.
It is apparent who is to blame for the unrest in the south-east. They are the Simon Ekpa group, who believe in armed struggle and sit-at-home enforcement, using Nnamdi Kanu’s detention as an excuse; criminal elements, who use the sit-at-home and Biafra agitation as a smokescreen to kidnap, kill, maim, and destroy; cult groups, who are all over the state as a growing fad; and state actors, who run what you might call deep state activities while disguising.
Just before leaving office, Buhari signed legislation that moved the railway from the exclusive list to the concurrent list. Ring Superhighway and ring railway connecting the five south-east states should be ambitiously pursued as part of the south-east development master plan and master image. These will bring affordable and high mobility to the south-east economy. Both can be constructed using the BOT funding strategy.
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