Nigeria’s insecurity alarming – Diri

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, says the current insecurity rate in Nigeria is very alarming, and it is only justice and equity for every section of the country that would bring to an end the clamour for self-determination.

Senator Diri stated this Saturday when members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) led by its president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House Yenagoa.

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He noted that his administration has been labour-friendly from inception and prioritised the welfare of workers in the state, particularly in the area of prompt payment of salaries and gratuities for pensioners.

According to him, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the challenge of dwindling revenues from the federation account, payment of salaries was made a frontline charge under his administration.

He said: “The current spate of insecurity in the country is alarming. And, of course, Nigeria has no reason to disintegrate.

“What we need is equity and justice. As long as we practice injustice, inequitable distribution of resources and if we create second class citizens, then there would be that call for disintegration of the country,” he said.

Earlier, the president of Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, called for unity among Nigerians to collectively tackle the issue of insecurity in the country.