BY JOSEPH ERUNKE
ABUJA—DEPUTY Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has condemned Tuesday's twin bomb blasts in Jos, Plateau State, saying it was not only callous but completely unacceptable.
He said for the current war against insurgence in the country to be won, security agencies must reward operatives through prompt promotion and adequate welfare.
Senator Ekweremadu spoke yesterday in Abuja, while decorating his police orderly, Edward Utuh, with the rank of inspector.
The Deputy Senate President commended the Nigeria Police Force for the promotion, saying the officer worked hard to earn it, just as he insisted that prompt promotions and adequate welfare were critical in boosting the morale of security agencies in the war against terrorism.
Ekweremadu described the culture of bombing as "completely alien" to the country and called for a united front against it.
"We cannot continue to live this way. I hope and pray that we see to the end of this insurgency, the bombings and destruction of innocent lives in our country. This is not the Nigeria we used to know because it not in our culture and our practices.
"The only ideology of this common enemy is to eliminate the entire mankind. We must all come together to condemn it, resist it, fight against it, and stamp it out.
"I must also use this opportunity to appeal to all security agencies to continue with their good work and to redouble their efforts in protecting the lives and property of Nigerians because it is the essence of governance, "he said.
He condoled especially with those who lost their loved ones in the blasts, stressing, however, that "in such monumental catastrophy, we are all joined together in pains and the resolve to end the onslaught".
He condoled especially with those who lost their loved ones in the blasts, stressing, however, that "in such monumental catastrophy, we are all joined together in pains and the resolve to end the onslaught".
He congratulated Sergeant Utuh and other security personnel attached to his office on their promotions, said their promotions were merited, having acquitted themselves creditably as gallant and highly disciplined cops.
He urged them to reciprocate the gesture of the Nigeria Police Force by being even more hardworking and dedicated in their service to the fatherland.
He urged them to reciprocate the gesture of the Nigeria Police Force by being even more hardworking and dedicated in their service to the fatherland.