RISING CRIME WAVE.
It is no longer news that many Nigerians have been sleeping with one eye open, especially in many homes where people keep vigil in an attempt to watch over their families and neighbours, so as to keep men of the underworld at bay.
This is for the second time in less than a year, commercial and social activities in Nnewi, an Industrial hub in Anambra state, were shut down for 24 hours because desperate and weary residents had filed out protesting against the rising spate of crimes like kidnapping in the town.
Crime wave in the polity comes with devastating consequences such as it being major set back against government and the organised private sector’s efforts to attract Direct Foreign Investment in the country.
A rising number of citizens, especially the youth, are increasingly indulging in criminal acts for several reasons like shrinking opportunities in the employment market.
The government and the organised private sector should come together to evolve strategies to jump start the economy, breathe more life into it and in the process, provoke a momentun that will create oportunities and wealth for citizens.
The co-relation between crime and punishment must be established without equivocation.
This is for the second time in less than a year, commercial and social activities in Nnewi, an Industrial hub in Anambra state, were shut down for 24 hours because desperate and weary residents had filed out protesting against the rising spate of crimes like kidnapping in the town.
Crime wave in the polity comes with devastating consequences such as it being major set back against government and the organised private sector’s efforts to attract Direct Foreign Investment in the country.
A rising number of citizens, especially the youth, are increasingly indulging in criminal acts for several reasons like shrinking opportunities in the employment market.
The government and the organised private sector should come together to evolve strategies to jump start the economy, breathe more life into it and in the process, provoke a momentun that will create oportunities and wealth for citizens.
The co-relation between crime and punishment must be established without equivocation.
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