The Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said Federal government’s strategy to end Boko Haram insurgency has failed.
In a statement on Wednesday, Dabiri-Erewa, who represents the Ikorodu Constituency of Lagos State at the House, stated that it had become imperative for Nigeria to seek foreign help following the continued attacks on Nigeria by the Boko Haram sect.
She said, “There are Nigerian experts on security in the Diaspora that could be contacted or consulted by the government for assistance.
“The recent bombing in Nyanya, an outskirt of the Federal Capital Territory, and the abduction of more than 200 girls from a secondary school in Borno have shown that efforts by the nation’s security agencies do not seem to be working effectively.
“The fight on terrorism has yet to curb the insurgency situation in Nigeria and such huge security challenge cannot be allowed to continue.
“Nigeria needs assistance, even from security experts across the globe who must not necessarily be Nigerians.”
Dabiri-Erewa also said there was no compassion in governance of Nigeria anymore.
She said this was portrayed by President Goodluck Jonathan when he attended a political rally in Kano a day after an Abuja bomb blast claimed many lives.
Speaking at a workshop tagged ‘Girls in ICT Day’, the lawmaker described Jonathan’s visit to Kano “to sing and dance” after the Nyanya bombing and on a day 234 girls were abducted in Borno State as “insensitive, callous, preposterous and very annoying.”
Dabiri-Erewa called on Jonathan to apologise to the families and victims of the Nyanya bombing and the families of the abducted girls.
She urged all mothers to be united and mobilise themselves in demanding and pleading for the release of the abducted girls.
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