We will Overcome Insecurity, Says Dogara

The immediate-past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will soon overcome its security challenges.

He said there was no nation on earth that has not been tried or tested, as every one of them had experienced moments of national peril.

Delivering a keynote address at the House of Justice Annual Summit in Kaduna on the theme: ‘Leadership, Governance and National Security’, at the weekend, Dogara urged Nigerians not to rest on their oars until the country overcome its challenges.

He said: “These security challenges, as deeply disconcerting as they are, are not strange. There is no nation on earth that has not been tried or tested. Everyone of them has come to moments of national peril. We can put an end to the moral vandalism that flows from all spots of bedlam across the face of the country.

“No season last forever, therefore, this cup shall pass if we all do our bit, such as we are doing at this summit, in order to keep the promise of this great country alive. For us to leave Nigeria, our country that we cherish and hold dear, to others to defend is not only cowardice, it is apostasy to the Nigerian creed. For those who think Nigeria has arrived at a dead end, let us disappoint them by turning the end into a bend. We can do it!”