Insecurity, Sit-At-Home Damaging Livelihoods in South-East – Csos
Insecurity, Sit-At-Home Damaging Livelihoods in South-East – Csos
A civil rights advocacy group, The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre and various critical stakeholders have expressed fears that incessant killings, destructions of property and sacking of communities have caused devastating impacts on socio-economic and political development, as well as livelihoods and civic freedoms in the South East.
Speaking in his opening remarks while addressing participants, victims and stakeholders during a two-day summit on ‘Peace and public hearing for victims of insecurity/crime and human rights violation in the South-East zone’ held in Awka on Saturday, the Executive Director, RULAAC, Okechukwu Nwanguma, said the dimensions and manifestations of insecurity in the South-East calls for serious concern, careful examination and urgent action.
Nwanguma also pointed out that the insecurity in the region has had deleterious and devastating impacts on socio-economic and political development, livelihoods, well-being and civic freedoms.
He also lamented that the weekly sit-at-home has ruined the economy of the South-East and worsened the plight of the toiling people most of whom depend on daily earnings, thereby increasing rural poverty and misery.
