Why We Must Get The Issue Of Security Right - Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday stated that one of the things Nigeria needs to fix properly is the issue of security. The former President said this in Yenagoa during the inauguration of some projects done by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state.



Obasanjo also paid a courtesy visit on the traditional rulers council where he was conferred with automatic Bayelsa State citizenship and chieftaincy title. He commended Dickson for the relative peace he had maintained in the state, urging other states in the country to emulate him in that regard.


The former President also noted that the governor had shocked him with his developmental stride and rapid transformation which he had brought to the state within six years. He said, "One of the things that struck me about your (Dickson’s) administration is the relative peace that you have maintained in the state. I do not know how you have done it, may be we should all come to learn under your tutelage.


"This is so because one of the things we need to do and do well today in this country is the issue of security and of course, stability.“The point is this, If one state is in peace, secured and safe in Nigeria, it is an example to others and it goes a long way because the aggregate peacefulness, the aggregate security and the aggregate security is what makes for peace, security and stability of our country.


"You called me a Bayelsan and I ought to be. I said to the governor that any good man must feel proud to be called a Bayelsan. Because here, you have seen real transformation. If there is a place where you can say, come and see transformation taking place, this is one place in the country.”