PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has asked Nigeria’s security chiefs to end all forms of insecurity in the country without immediately.
The President, according to his spokesman, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement, gave the charge while addressing the security chiefs and heads of intelligence agencies during a Presidential Security Briefing held at the State House, Abuja on Friday, January 5, noting that while good progress is being made with the elimination of some security threats across multiple fronts, success will be defined by an end to the threats and attacks.
“We have too many investments that we need to make now in soft and physical infrastructure, in social security, in MSME empowerment and other growth enablers.
“We are pursuing a $1trillion economy in the next few years, and our efforts will be undermined if we do not finally wrap up our progressive onslaught against enemies of progress. Be encouraged. The confidence of our people in your capacity is rising and they are appreciative of the sacrifices of our men and women.
“The success you are recording is undeniable. Nigerians are seeing it, but the avoidable errors, as witnessed recently in Kaduna, are unacceptable and cannot be repeated.
“I am pleased that coordination between all agencies has dramatically improved over recent months, but there is no room for celebrations until we can end this, until we can bring our troops back to their own localities and until we can free up resources for our critical economic expansion programme,” Tinubu said.
The President emphasised the need for the armed forces to deliver on their objective to ensure the country achieves a sustainable production of two million barrels of crude oil per day within the first quarter of this year, adding: “I do not play with my intelligence reports; I have multiple lines of sight. The Navy and sister branches must step up their game to achieve our aims for the benefit of all Nigerians. All malign actors will be aggressively uprooted from our midst.
“Those working against the national agenda from within and without will meet justice. Your task is clear. We will sustain our momentum. Failure is not an option under my leadership.”
The briefing was attended by the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Bala Abubakar; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja and Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, as well as the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mr. Nuhu Ribadu and Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle.
