Seamless relationship, strong economy needed to deepen Nigeria’s democracy – Lawan
Amotekun to complement national security platforms – Fayemi
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has said that the South West regional security outfit Amotekun is a logical end product of President Muhammadu Buhari’s vision of community policing.
Fayemi, who is the chairman of Nigeria’s Governors Forum and one of the Speakers at the 17th Daily Trust dialogue, said Amotekun was far from being a competitor to the existing national security platforms, but meant to complement them in the areas of neighbourhood watch, intelligence gathering, detection of early warning signs and early response in a proactive manner.
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Senate President Ahmad Lawan said yesterday that for Nigeria's democracy to grow there must be a seamless relationship among institutions of government.
Lawan who was the Special Guest of Honour at the Daily Trust dialogue was represented by Senate Deputy Chief Whip, conventional security outfits not only knew, but also collaborated with the South West governors in the process of creating it.
Governor Fayemi said there was need to appreciate the “multifaceted, multi-layered and multidimensional approaches to the national policing and
Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.
“Though there is no perfect democracy anywhere in the world, the hallmark of a good democracy is the ability to develop processes and procedures,” he said.
“Institutions and tools of democracy are, most times, identified as the constitution, the political parties, and the electioneering process. Any democracy that seeks to grow must ensure that these sectors maintenance of law and order.”
He also said that the Amotekun model is open to public scrutiny.
“There are possibilities and opportunities in the security outfit,” he said. He also called for a democratization of economic opportunities stating that democratic space must be more open, more inclusive and more responsive, adding that the federal system must not be overburdened.
“There is no question that democracy must deliver concrete development, qualitative and quantitative for proper economic policy which embodies the hopes and aspiration of the people that can only be forged in the face of a widening economic space,” he said. work added.
He said there was also the need to strengthen the country's economy. “It is not a cheap system of government which is why we have to continue to expand our resource base,” he said.
The National Assembly, Lawan said, was in tune with this realization, and had set machinery in motion for the timely passage of the electoral
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Lawan reforms amendment bill and the bill for the amendment of the 1999 Constitution.
He said these bills were proposed for amendment based on the limitations the legislature realized in implementing them.
“In reviewing them, therefore, the greater goal of service to fatherland and to the overall good of the people are our guiding principles,” he said.