The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) meets actors, musicians and social media influencers to carve a role for them in the fight against insecurity in Northern Nigeria.
The meeting which took place in Kano on Thursday is one among the several meetings organized by the CNG with the various stakeholders that include the northern state governors, traditional rulers, security agencies, religious leaders among others.
The host of the event, also the Board of Trustee Chairman of the CNG, Dr. Nastura Ashir, reiterated the importance of the entertainers and media influencers saying that they have a very important role to play in the fight against insecurity in the north.
“We have addressed all stakeholders in that include traditional rulers, governors security agents and I insist that the entertainment industry has a major role to play.
“We appreciate the fact that there in resolving problems there are kinetic and non kinetic ways. The kinetic means only involves 30 percent of the efforts while the non kinetic takes over 70 percent.
“This is the reason why the entertainers have a major role to play in this battle. The social media influencers for example have very wide reach out to the public” he stated.
The chairman of the of the occasion Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmad, a former Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) further explained when need to take this measure in dealing with the challenges being posed by insecurity in Northern Nigeria.
“We are going to have a synergy of all critical stakeholders in fighting insecurity and the entertainment industry must be grossly involved.
“They will also be useful in addressing the problems of drug abuse and thuggery as well” he explained.
In his keynote address, a former Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Secretary General, Salisu Yakasai, said that insecurity has been used to underdevelop the north and this is affecting it socially and economically.