‘ Citizens’ Participation Necessary To Solve Nigeria’s Security Challenges’

Asocio- political group, Enugu State Citizens for Equity and Good Governance ( ESCSEG), has advocated citizen’s participation in governance as panacea to solving the security challenges plaguing the country.

State Coordinator of the group, Comrade Onyendozi E. Onwe, stated this yesterday in Enugu during the official opening of the state office/ inauguration of state executive.

He noted that societal challenges such as armed robbery, kidnapping, terrorism, economic sabotage and vandalism were caused by bad governance, adding however that they could be checkmated with increased participation in the democratic process.

“The direct participation of citizens in the governance process remains a panacea. When citizens feel that development activities performed by the government is for them, it means the work performed by the government is people oriented,” he asserted.

Onwe also added that the current security challenges across the country were traceable to decades of negligence and bad governance by successive government at all levels.