I think what Nigerians need from the Nigerian government and Nigerian politicians today more than anything else is security. We need food security. We need social security. We need employment security. We need security for lives and properties. We just need security to earn a living.

The Nigerian constitution is very clear on the primary duties of government. It is provided in the constitution. It is my view that any government that has not been able to provide its citizens with security is not far from a failed government.

As I said before,the primary purpose of government is to provide for the safety, security, and well-being of its citizens. Section 14(2)(b) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 provides emphatically that “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government”

The people can not enjoy any welfare, assuming there is any without peace and security. The security situation of Nigerians seems to be in a terrible perilous situation. Today travelling by roads is dangerous. The constitution guarantees freedom of movement from one part of Nigeria to another part.

Today, the freedom from fear of insecurities is in terrible jeopardy. Bandits and kidnappers have almost crippled Nigerian state. While the government appears to be trying, I think more efforts are required for the government to fulfil its constitutional obligations to provide for security and welfare as the primary responsibilities of government.

In other words, I think the government in the 2025 budget needs to provide for the security and the welfare of the people. I do not see where the security and welfare of the people occupy top priorities in the 2025 budget.

When the constitution speaks about the people, it was not used in the restricted sense to mean only the few people in government.  No, it does not mean so. It means the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Therefore, making provisions for the security and welfare of a few of the people in power and not the vast majority of the people of Nigeria is itself a violation of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Nigerians want their security and welfare pursued with vigour. Nigerians need security to go to farms to cultivate and farm to feed the people. The failure of governance  to give and provide the must needed security as its primary duties and responsibilities has retarded the availability of food for the people.

I, therefore, call on the government of Nigeria to focus more on its primary responsibilities of providing for the security and welfare of the people. Without security, any infrastructure put in place is a waste.

Today, you see how vandals operate at will. The other day, it was the manholes on the major roads in Abuja that were recklessly removed by vandals. The removal of electric cables is the pointer to the points of insecurities in our land. The government needs to prove itself worthy that it has not failed.

The security and welfare of our security agencies, too, are parts of the duties of government. In this vien too apart from providing for correct weapons for the security agencies,  the security agencies and its personnel must know how and when to go for raides of the hideouts of alleged Criminal elements in the society.

Going for night operations by security operatives can be hazardous to the lives of the security agencies and their personnel. The security agencies must have an understanding that they need to be alive before they can provide the needed security for the nation.