The Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria (CSWN) has urged the government to deploy technological solutions, enhance border control measures, impose harsher penalties on offenders, and tackle corruption to stem the tide of abductions and insecurity plaguing the nation.
The group stated that the spike in frequent mass kidnappings of vulnerable Nigerians in both schools and communities is an attack on Nigeria’s future growth and development.
The Chief Executive Officer of CSWN, Reverend Yunusa Nmadu, who spoke on behalf of the organization in a statement signed by the research and press officer, Reuben Buhari, noted that the recent abductions have placed a heavy burden on the government and security agencies in its bid to fashion out better response techniques to “these incidents that have not shown signs of abating.”
Nmadu observed that the ratio of security personnel to Nigeria’s population of over 200 inhabitants has not helped the situation, adding that the serial abductions underline both a retrogressive response from duty-bearers and a lack of intelligence utilization.
The organization noted the series of attacks on schools in the past ten years, adding that they underline an attack on Nigeria’s future.
