APC, Road map to Strengthen Peace, Security and Foreign Policy Peace and Security are fundamental to Nigeria’s Social and Economic well being. Every Nigerian Nigeria should be safe and free to work in any part of the country regardless o0f tribe, ethnicity, or religious belief. Our law enforcement agencies face significant challenges on many fronts: terrorism, especially in the Northeast, unresolved high-profile homicides and rise in new crimes such as kidnapping, adductions and cyber-crime. The result is an international perception of Nigeria as a failing State where violent crimes, corruption and fraud are rife. Roadmap for Peace, Security and Foreign Policy Includes: Enable States to have their own local police forces that address the special needs of each community, including community policing initiatives that restores trust among local citizens. Establish a serious crime squad with state –of-the-art training and equipment to combat terrorism, militancy and ethno-religious communal clashes. Initiate a national reconciliation and healing plan, beginning with a truth and reconciliation commission on ethno-religious clashes; ensure the teaching in our schools of religious tolerance and public demonstrations of religious and ethnic tolerance by public officials. Reform and strengthen the Justice System for faster, more efficient justice in cases of terrorism, corruption, and kidnapping, drug trafficking and similar cases of national importance. Make regional integration a priority within ECOWAS, including a free trade, to ensure that a common tariff and currency are achieved by 2020 under Nigeria’s guidance and leadership. Maintain strong, close and frank relationships within the Gulf of Guinea, the Commonwealth, South Africa and the rest of the world in pursuit of foreign policy that promotes our national interest. Establish a new special relationship with leading emerging markets such as Brazil. Russia, India and China (BRIC) and also the new MINT countries of Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey as well as other strategic partners around the world to create jobs and promote economic growths in Nigeria.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 04:14:17 +0000
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