Abia State Governor Theodore Orji yesterday said President Goodluck Jonathan deserved Nigerians’ support in his bid to ensure peace in the country.
He said no nation can achieve development where security is under threat.
Orji, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Public Communication, Ben Onyechere, said Abia is investing in security because there can be no development without it.
“President Jonathan has taken the bull by the horns and as such deserves everybody’s support,” the governor said.
He said the prevailing peace and security in Abia was hard earned and was not easy to sustain as it required “cost and material implication.”
Added he: “The justification for government investments in such venture is the availability of viable and enabling environment, which is the prerequisite for economic growth.
“The security of any state in the federation is, therefore, very crucial in the realisation of law and order, which are in themselves indices for the measurement of unity, loyalty and promotion of democratic principles in the relationship between the government and the citizenry.
“The Abia government considers the sustenance of peace and security as a cardinal and paramount responsibility.
“The Abia experience, which has become a formidable test case, has gone a long way to demonstrate that meaningful development can be achieved in the existence of tranquillity, particularly if the current and heightened multi-faceted developmental initiatives are juxtaposed with the pervading solemnity of peace in the state.
“In consideration of factors that are responsible for a secured state, adequate attention must be given in the area of political stability as well as social decency.
“This can only emanate from the provision of requisite amenities as an engine of motivation that will eventually result in voluntary subordination and loyalty from the populace.”
