Crises in S’East region reducing under Tinubu, Deputy Speaker, Kalu tells ECOWAS Parliament

•says President is preaching peace through non kinetics means

By Christiana Ekpa

Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, Monday, said that the crises in the South East region occasioned by the various agitations have drastically reduced.
He credited the development to the new approach of non kinetics adopted by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying it is a paradigm shift from the norms.
Kalu gave the testimony at the plenary season of the ongoing 2024 First Ordinary Season of the Sixth Legislature of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament in Abuja.
The deputy speaker who was recently inaugurated as a member of the Parliament said that the military has toned down their operations and have heeded the directive of President Tinubu in subscribing to the non kinetics means of settling the conflicts in the zone rather than wielding the guns.
Kalu revealed that this understanding has helped to restore tranquility in region and enabled the zone to appeal to the authorities to release the agitators who are in prison by activating a political solution.
The deputy speaker also enjoined the subregional body to adopt the same measure in resolving similar issues, saying it is yielding positive results.
He said: “The usual tradition has been to send the military with their arms to crisis areas, to the battle of barrels of gun against barrels of gun. But there is a new wave now in my country where issues are being resolved without sending a military task force with guns. And it’s a non kinetic approach. It’s happening in my region, the southeastern region.”