Factional chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, has flayed the recent call for military intervention in Nigeria.
Former managing director of Nigerian Breweries, who had a short stint as chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Mr. Festus Odimegwu, was reported to have advocated military rule in an interview with a national newspaper.
Factional chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, has flayed the recent call for military intervention in Nigeria.
Former managing director of Nigerian Breweries, who had a short stint as chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Mr. Festus Odimegwu, was reported to have advocated military rule in an interview with a national newspaper.
Reacting to the call in a statement signed by the Sole Administrator of the Forum, Earl Osaro Onaiwu, Governor Jang described the statement credited to Odimegwu as disturbing and surprising.
He advised the former NPC chairman to refrain from calling for military rule, reminding him that the world had since moved on from regressive military rule.
The Forum’s chairman further said a comparison of the giant strides the nation had witnessed within 15 years of civilian rule were a sharp contrast to the under development of the country which was the hallmark of decades of military rule. Jang said no Nigerian would like to experience a return to military rule in the history of the country. Also, he urged the military to disregard the call.
“We call on all Nigerians to resist every attempt to denigrate civilian rule, but instead, do a personal evaluation and will find that civilian rule has been of immense benefit to all, even though we still have a long way to go owing to the many years of zero investment in basic infrastructure,” Jang said in the statement.
However, he commended military personnel for their sacrifice in the fight against terrorism and urged them to remain focused and committed to their primary role of providing peace and security.
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