Rt. Rev. Christian Onyia, Bishop of Anglican Diocese of Nike
in Enugu State has proffered major solutions to kidnapping and banditry in
Nigeria.
Onyia said Nigeria had witnessed an increase in kidnapping
and banditry due to inequity, injustice, poverty, lack of education and lack of
employment opportunities.
He said the issues of kidnapping and banditry would be a
thing of the past if the issues identified were dealt with.
The cleric spoke on Saturday while reading his Bishop Charge
at the Third Session of the Fifth Synod of the Diocese held at St. Peters
Anglican Church, Thinkers Corner, Enugu.
According to Onyia: “Inequity, injustice, poverty, lack of
education and lack of opportunities for employment are major drivers of insecurity
in the country.
“If these problems are addressed, the recruitment of young
people by groups of bandits will be limited.”
Onyia said the continuous activities of kidnappers and
bandits were portraying Nigeria as unsafe.
He stressed that with the current level of kidnapping and
banditry, it “seems the Federal and state governments are not doing enough to
tackle them”.
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