EXCLUSIVE: It's Fantasy For FG To Think It Can't Protect Nigerians, APC Govt Simply Lacks The Leadership Priority – Atiku Abubakar

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A former Nigerian vice president and the PDP 2015 Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has condemned the recent statement credited to the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, who said that "the federal government cannot secure everyone in the country."

The Education Minister, Nwajiuba made the statement while speaking on behalf of the President Muhammadu Buhari, APC government, in an interview with The PUNCH on Monday, in response to the current spate of insecurity – abduction of school students – in the country. 

"Eternal vigilance is the price for security. Every nation is always concerned about the consciousness of its people. The Federal Government cannot secure every house. Everybody needs to be vigilant."_ the Minister said.

Reacting to the FG assertion, Atiku in a post he published Tuesday afternoon, on his Official Facebook handlee said that "The FG may think they cannot protect all schools, but in actual fact, they can. It is a matter of leadership priority.

"Children are our greatest asset. If we reassign police officers currently engaged in non-essential guard duties for individuals to schools in the affected states, the object can be achieved."

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He further stated that, "Recent figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics reveal that Nigeria now has an all-time high unemployment rate of 33.2%, up from 8.4% in 2015. 

"Rather than think we cannot secure all our schools, let us kill two birds with one stone and massively recruit more police officers to provide the needed" security."

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