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While many of us took time off from work and other preoccupations to be with our families over the Christmas and New Year holidays, many Nigerian soldiers and members of other security agencies were in the front lines, ensuring that we were safe, protecting our lives and property,

While expressing immense sadness at the “wicked and callous” attacks on even innocent children, the President assured the governor and people of the state that relevant security agencies have been directed to do everything possible to arrest those behind the regrettable incidents and avert further attacks.

This should ordinarily be a commendable step in the right direction, especially as it reveals the fact that the National Assembly is not taken in by the explanations so far offered by the Executive on the harrowing fuel crisis, which is only just abating in a few cities, while citizens in many parts of the country continue to wallow in fuel queues and are compelled to purchase products at exorbitant rates well above government-regulated prices.