Adamawa state arrowhead of Reformed people’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Umar Ardo has lambasted Rt Hon Abdulrazak Namdas to have failed to end incessant killings, kidnappings, and Boko Haram attacks as Chairman Committee on Army.
Ardo worried that despite humongous of money being expended on the army that the Chairman should tell Nigerians what he is doing to end the insecurity challenge
“With all the humongous amount of money being expended on the army, what we expect to hear the Chairman of House Committee on Army saying is what his committee doing round the clock in finding concrete and lasting solutions to the national insecurity that has turned the lives of Nigerians and Adamawa communities in particular into a living hell as justification for the huge expenditures and of him being there. Instead of results, what we see is glaring incompetence, failure, and complete collapse of security in our communities.
“As chairman of the Army Committee in the House, Hon. Abdul Razak Namdas should first explain to us why the army has failed to contain and subdue Boko Haram insurgency and banditry, and what measures his committee took to sanction this failure. Protecting and securing the lives and property of our people by the army and the role of the legislature in this regard is the paramount concern and need of our people presently and not his intention to contest for governor.” Ardo said
The PDP factional leader in Adamawa state continues to say that:
“Yet, the Chairman of the House Committee who’s at the center of this national failure would, instead of apologizing to our people for his committee’s oversight failure and the consequent calamity on our communities, now turned around to request for more public responsibility.
“To me, this is the height of insensitivity to public plight and a typical example of the collapse of our socio-political values. To be sure, we ordinarily should have no problem electing Hon. Namdas (or anyone for that matter) as governor, or even president, but he should first give a good account of himself and his stewardship as bases for trust and confidence. So far, on the state of our security and the huge expenditure put into it as appropriated by the Namdas House Committee, the Hon. Member is yet to do that. And until then, he should not be so insensitive as to talk of any further public responsibility.
“The Insurgents are on the prowl killing, maiming and destroying our people and our communities, the army is less than forthcoming and beyond the sparing condemnation and shedding of crocodile tears on such acts, what is the legislature doing? Only this morning I read a news report of the insurgents attacking a community in the state and abducting 3girls even while the blood ? of last week’s attacks and gruesome executions of 5 Adamawa indigenes of Garkida is yet to dry up. ‘
