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Nnewi—Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons, PRESCOM, stakeholders’ sensitization forum, held at Enugu for South East zone, has uncovered that around 60% of the unlawful arms in the zone are made locally.
Professor Aloysius Okolie, who is the South East coordinator on House Survey, of PRESCOM, made the disclosure amid a two-day stakeholders’ sensitization forum on the far reaching national Small Arms and Light Weapons, SALW, overview in Nigeria,at Villa Toscana Hotel, Enugu
He said that 60 per cent are fabricated locally in Nigeria and “some communities are known for their natural fabrication of arms,” adding that politicians were part of arms proliferation in the area and most of the political leaders helped in the importation and fabrication of arms. The sensitization forum tagged, ‘All Hands on Deck,’ also revealed that “40 per cent of the arms are imported by the political leaders and the rest 60 per cent fabricated within the zone.”
According to him: “The essence of the survey is not for the government to embark on disarmament, but to find out those factors that motivate people into acquiring such arms and sources of the arms.”
Earlier, the PRESCOM coordinator, Mr. Dickson Orji, stated that the essence of the forum was to give room for information and interaction on how to curtail proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the country.
“It will create awareness on the socio-economic impact of illicit small arms and light weapons proliferation in Nigeria and sensitize the Nigerian populace on the proposed comprehensive SALW survey in Nigeria.
“The forum will galvanize support for the survey team and enumerators to ensure collaboration at the grass roots for the success of the project,” he stated.
Vanguard.
THAT IS TROUBLE FOR NIGERIA, AFTER THE WAR, NIGERIA SHOULD HAVE HARNESSED THESE GUN MAKING INGENUITY OF THE SOUTH EAST TO NATIONAL ADVANTAGE, TODAY ITS A SECTIONAL ADVANTAGE THAN BEING NATIONAL. THIS IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN BOKO HARAM. IF NIGERIA AS A STATE STILL DEPEND ON THE WEST FOR ARMAMENT AND A REGION WITHIN HER BEING SCESSIONIST PRODUCES ARM, THEN GOD FORBID IN THE EVENT OF ANY ESCALATION, WE ALL KNOW WHERE THE PENDULUM WILL SWING TO, ESPECIALLY IN A BIASED GLOBAL SPHERE WHERE OIL IS KING AND INTEREST IS NOT SINCERE
Yes Igbos manufacture the arms and sell it to north to kill themselves!