As the new service chiefs chart a new course on counter-terrorism in the fight against insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and other forms of criminality in
In Niger State, businessmen and organise private sector attributed the delay in the take-off of some businesses and closure of existing ones to incessant bandits’ attacks.
The director general of Niger State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, Adamu Salihum, corroborated Abdullahi’s position on the effect of insecurity on businesses in the state. He expressed hope that the new government will use community intelligence gathering to tackle the menace that has brought the ease of doing business to its lowest ebb.
He decried the current situation whereby many businessmen have lost their lives and property to insecurity in the state. “Workers are being assisted because they have a voice, but there are millions of Nigerians who have no voice. So, I am calling on the government to initiate soft loans and upright grants and identity registered and genuine business men and women including artisans, and the voiceless in order for them to also survive the removal of fuel subsidy”.
“Government should be the driving force behind the steel industry, which has the capacity and potential to resolve part of our social unrest by getting thousands of unemployed youths off the streets through direct and indirect job opportunities. “There should be a subsidy on export in the form of custom waiver to encourage investors in the mining sector as well as other sectors. It could be for three years for instance,” he appealed.
Investigation revealed that many renowned business holders in Katsina State are struggling to adjust their prices especially since the situation is also affecting their customers who cut down their expenses to also cope with the situation. Responding to the proposed plan to increase of salary for public servants, Chimeze said that private business owners should also be considered for soft loans or other support otherwise the decision may cause serious inflation in the country.
Birniwa maintained that provision of such loans and other related interventions would encourage local and foreign investors to come and invest in different areas of economic interest for jobs creation growth and development in Jigawa State and Nigeria at large.
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