By Hassan Zaggi
The Benue Youth Forum has commended the members of the National Assembly for giving President Muhammadu Buhari six-weeks ultimatum or risk impeachment over the rising insecurity in the country.
The group has also applauded the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, for supporting and encouraging the members of the National Assembly.
It equally urged Governor Ortom to keep standing by the truth and providing leadership in matters that concern national unity and peace.
In a statement signed by its President, Terrence Kuanum,
and made available to The AUTHORITY Newspapers, in Abuja, the Benue Youth Forum described the move by the members of the National Assembly as a bold one and at the right time too considering the woeful performance of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
According to the group: “Governor Ortom who has become the face of patriotism and nationalism in Nigeria didn’t mince words in reiterating his position that President Buhari has performed below the expectations of Nigerians, especially, in solving the security and economic challenges facing the country.
“The Governor’s commendation to the PDP caucus members of the Senate and House of Representatives and from other opposition parties’ move to impeach the President is to rescue Nigeria from the destruction he has taken the country.
“Being a patriot himself, Governor Ortom sees the move as “patriotic” and applauded the PDP caucus and their colleagues in the National Assembly for doing what he described as the “right thing”, without striving to be politically correct.”
The Benue Youth Forum further stressed that: “As usual, Governor Ortom has seen what others have refused to acknowledge. The Governor has led the crusade to let Nigerians see the need to support the National Assembly members without recourse to primordial sentiments. The fearless Governor deserves accolades as he keeps moving while others follow.”
The group, however, pledged its support to the National Assembly members for giving the ultimatum, noting that President Muhammadu Buhari must find a way to tackle the insecurity or risk being impeached.
While commending the National Assembly members who coming together despite their differences in political platforms, the group regretted that “the terrorists have captured almost the entire northern Nigeria and are closing in on Abuja, the seat of power calls for concern.
“It is even more worrisome that the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces is either overwhelmed or uninterested, while the military seem helpless even as their formations and operatives have become major targets of the merchants of death who are having a field day feasting on the blood of Nigerians.”
The youth group noted that with the current security challenges in all parts of the country, “only those who don’t wish Nigeria well would fold their arms and watch as terrorists capture Nigerian territories, foist flags, abduct Nigerians, collect taxes from the people with little or no challenge.”
While commending the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security agencies for their efforts in fighting insecurity, the group, therefore, called on President Buhari to brace up to the challenge of handing over what it described as “a better and secured Nigeria to whoever would succeed him, even as he has already failed and is likely to achieve nothing more in less than a year if he could do this bad in seven years.
“We, also, call on Nigerians to throw their weight behind the patriotic members of the National Assembly as they embark on that bold move to compel the President to be responsive and responsible for once.”
