The majority of Nigerians who participated in an online poll want the next president to prioritise tackling insecurity across the country before other challenges.
About 42 per cent of the respondents that took part in the poll by PREMIUM TIMES believe that security should be the priority of the next president.
Security was followed by the economy (30.1 per cent) with electricity and tackling corruption completing the four options respondents had.
The reason most respondents preferred that security be prioritised is, arguably, understandable.
Many parts of Nigeria are currently riddled with incessant attacks ranging from killings and kidnappings-for-ransom to communal clashes. Data released by the Nigeria Security Tracker (NST) shows that at least 2,968 people were killed and 1,484 abducted in Nigeria in the first quarter of 2022. And in the first half of 2022 alone, at least 250 people have been killed by bandits in the Zamfara State with thousands abducted.
The data says…
