FG worries over insecurity

President Goodluck Jonathan has
decried the level of insecurity in the country
describing it as a major source of worry for his
administration and Nigeria’s allies. He expressed concern over easy access to
firearms lamenting that “even people with
sinister motives are also now being trained on
how to use arms.” The President spoke yesterday at the opening
ceremony of the Second Plenary Session of the
All Nigeria Catholic Bishops’ Conference held in
Otukpo, Benue State. Represented by the Senate President, David
Mark, the President condemned what he
termed the “recent utterances by highly placed
Nigerians which if not checked could aggravate
the security challenges facing the country” He reiterated the determination of his
administration to frontally tackle the
developmental challenges facing the country
urging Nigerians to rally round his government
in its quest to better the lot of all Nigerians. In his speech, Governor Gabriel Suswam of
Benue State called on Catholic Bishops in the
country to condemn same sex marriage as well
as child marriage in the country. Earlier, the President of Catholic Bishops of
Nigeria, Most Rev Ignatius Kaigama condemned
the use of death penalty in Nigeria’s legal
system. ”Death penalty would be unnecessary if the
root causes such as poverty and corruption
were eliminated. We reject death penalty as a
panacea to crime. What needs death penalty in
Nigeria is poverty and corruption,, not human
beings.” ”Our leaders should devote resources to
improve the quality of life of the poor masses
which would in effect check or eliminate social
vices in the country.”