Ladoja blames past administrations for security challenges

[FILE PHOTO] Rashidi Ladoja
The former Governor of Oyo State and Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rasidi Ladoja, has attributed the ongoing security challenges facing various sectors of the economy to the accumulated lapses of previous administrations.

He stated this during an interactive session with newsmen in Ibadan.
Ladoja said that the security issues, particularly the high rate of insecurity in the northern region of the country, served as a confirmation of the shortcomings of past administrations.

He, therefore, stressed the urgent need for a strategic re-evaluation of security policies and approaches to address the escalating challenges effectively.

He said: “What we are facing now were as a result of the lapses of the leaders of that time. As earlier said, the security situation in the past three months has been worrisome, but there has been significant improvement in the past three weeks. This is to tell us that the system is working.”


Ladoja, while speaking on restructuring being agitated for by certain sections of the country, said: “We always like to run without patience. It is human. How can you ask a hungry man not to cry?

“There have been various suggestions about restructuring, particularly a colloquium in Lagos where it was advocated that the current administration should revisit the 2014 national conference.”

“That is one of the solutions on the ground. There is a provision there for the state police. The report is all-embracing. It is not take one or leave one.
“It is not in the best interest of the country to have spent so much on the 2014 national conference and dropped the report inside the cooler. I want it to be revisited.”

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