Foundation to hold summit on kidnapping
Written by Emeka Aginam - Thursday, 26 February 2009
With its resolve to promote peace, democracy, social justice and community development, how best to resolve kidnaping, hostage taking and local terrorism in Nigeria, will be the focus of a one day inaugural international summit to be hosted next month in Abuja by the Alex Ekwueme Foundation, a non- profit and non-governmental organisation.
Briefing newsmen in Lagos yesterday, on the summit, the Director General,Alex Ekwueme Foundation, Dr. Duke Igwilo noted with dismay that terrorism, kidnaping and hostage-taking have become critical issues in Nigeria that needs urgent attention.
Having grown phenomenally since the mid 1990s, the British based medical Doctor said that the social malady is now a source of significant safety and security concerns across the country, adding that it is adversely affecting the country’s economy by greatly undermining foreign investment.
