By Emmanuel Udom
The executive director of Lagos
State Trust Fund, Mr. Fola Arthur-Worrey has called for increase in
intelligence capability of Police and DSS, if the country is to win the
terrorism war.
Arthur-Worrey who spoke Thursday at
the CRAN annual award held at the POWA multi-purpose hall, Oduduwa crescent,
Lagos urged the federal government to dissolve all non-essential ministries to
save money to fight terror.
Delivering his lecture, he frowned
at the duplication of similar security agencies which he argued that are
counter-productive.
“We must strengthen the bond among
the security agencies and never dialogue with them as United States of America
never negotiated but apprehended Osama Bin-laden. Our intelligent gathering
must be so sophisticated that we should know what Shekawu and his men are doing
at their camp in Sambisa forest”, he said.
While scoring the federal government
low mark in its war against terrorism, he called for the review of the
Petroleum Trust fund which he said should be directed towards fighting
insurgency.
According to him, “Terror war should
be collective responsibility, involving religious groups hence; there should be
inter-community collaboration among citizens
Earlier, the chairman of the
occasion, Dr Boniface Aniebonam of the National Association of Government
Approved Freight Forwarders called on Nigerians to show clear patriotism, while
urging the federal government to take full control of the terror war presently
ravaging the country.
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde
Raji Fashola who was represented by Mrs Idowu Alakija called on Nigerians to
always be on alert saying “In Britain everybody is police and work hand in hand
with security agencies to tackle crime.
In his opening address, the CRAN
President, Comrade Christopher Oji pleaded with the public to expose
perpetrators of crime in their midst by passing information to appropriate
security agencies.
called on the Federal government to
ensure that all security agencies collaborate and work
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