REPORT ON THE ECONOMY OF THE SOUTH EAST

30/10/2021
NIGERIA IS CONFRONTED WITH VARIOUS INSECURITY CHALLENGES, TERRORISM INSURGENCY
IN THE NORTH EAST, INCREASING VIOLENCE, KINDNAPPING AND CULTISM IN THE SOUTH
WEST, SOUTH SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST AND MOST RECENTLY SEPARATIST AGITATION IN THE
SOUTH EAST.
ALL OF THESE KEEP CITIZENS IN FRIGHT AND ONE CANNOT FATHOM WHAT THE NEXT PENDING
DANGER WILL BE OR HOW IT WILL HAPPEN.
THE SITUATION IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA IS DISTURBING AS THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
ACTIVITIES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE REGION ARE BEING THREATENED BY THE INCECANT SIT AT
HOME ORDER DECLARED BY THE INDEGENOUES PEOPLE OF BIAFRA (IPOB). PEOPLE HAVE
ASKED WHAT HAPPENS TO FAMILIES WHO DEPEND ON DAILY INCOME FOR THEIR LIVLIHOOD?
TO SEEK ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ARISING FROM THE SIT AT HOME ORDER SECURITY WATCH
AFRICA SEEK ANSWERS FROM SOME SECURITY CZARS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE LAWERENCE
ALOBI (RTD), DIG HABILA JOSHAK (RTD) AND AIG WILSON INALEGWU (RTD)
TRACK UP (CP LAWERENCE, JOSHAK AND WILLSON)
ON WHAT COMMUNITY HEADS CAN DO TO END THIS DISTURBING TREND, THEY HAD THIS TO
SAY
TRACK UP (CP LAWERENCE, JOSHAK AND WILLSON)

THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IN SERVICE AND WHETHER SUCH INCIDENCES
EVER OCCURRED AND HOW IT WAS HANDLED
TRACK UP (CP LAWERENCE, JOSHAK AND WILLSON)
DIALOGUE NOT VIOLENCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST MEANS OF RESOLVING CONFLICTS IN
ANY GIVEN SOCIETY, IF EVERYONE DIES IN THE BID TO MAKE A POINT, WHO THEN WILL BE LEFT
TO BE GOVERNED? WISDOM IS PROFITABLE TO DIRECT.
END
PEGGY AGBEH
SECURITY WATCH AFRICA
ABUJA