The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN has urged the Federal Government to take urgent and proactive steps to address the rising insecurity across the country.
Addressing delegates at the association’s National Executive Council meeting in Abuja, PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, said the current situation where terrorists continue to carry out daily kidnappings and disrupt academic activities in some parts of the country is unacceptable.
Osifo advised the government to be more decisive by naming individuals identified as sponsors of terrorism and ensuring they are arrested and prosecuted to serve as a deterrent.
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He also renewed the call for the decentralization of policing in Nigeria.
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Osifo further appealed for international support to help tackle insecurity but emphasized that Nigeria must take the lead in restoring peace and safety.
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