FACTION of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to consider implementing resolution of the 2014 National Conference on security, which suggested ways of ending the security challenges bedeviling the country.
Its Deputy President and General Secretary of the Textile Workers Union, Issa Aremu, who was part of the National Conference, gave the suggestion at the weekend in a statement in Kaduna.
Aremu, who expressed sympathy with the families that lost their dear ones, particularly in the recent bomb explosions in Zaria and other parts of the country, said the resolutions of the security committees on ways of ending insecurity will certainly go along way, if implemented.
The labour group said: “Nigeria has lost as many as 15,000 lives to terrorism and as many as over one million internally displaced persons without an official declaration of war.
“Labour will support genuine government efforts to combat the vicious cycle of violence.”
It added that the “soft targets” of terror attack are defenseless working people, adding that the Zaria bombing was an orchestrated violence against workers because most of the victims were working people on verification exercise.
“We hereby demand that government implement the resolutions of the National Conference 2014 on National Security.
“Invite states where matters of national security challenges originate to the meeting of the National Security Council.
“Governments must also be proactive. Hold National Security Council meetings quarterly, except in times of emergency.
“There should be mass sensitisation of the citizens on security awareness.
“We must implement the local government peace and security committee at the local government level.
“Membership to this committee should comprise of chairman of the local government council, representative from the State Security Service, head of traditional ruler, Divisional Police Officer (DPO), representative of the State Police, military representative, Secretary to the Local Government (as secretary of the committee.)”