President Muhammadu Buhari today, October 8, told the United Kingdom’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Nicholas Houghton, that improving Nigeria’s security is the topmost priority of his administration.
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According to the president, the reason for this is because other socio-economic initiatives cannot be successfully implemented without adequate security in the country.
President Buhari who hosted the top UK security chief today at the presidential villa, Aso Rock reaffirmed his government’s determination to end the Boko Haram insurgency as soon as possible.
He said:“For a country to be efficiently administered, it must first be well secured because other social and economic initiatives cannot thrive in an atmosphere of insecurity.
“An environment has to be secured before it can be rehabilitated. Nigeria currently has about 1.5 million internally displaced persons and they need to be returned to their homes and brought out of trauma.
“Their schools, hospitals, churches, mosques, farms and livelihoods have been destroyed by insurgents. If they are not catered for, the country may lose their loyalty.
“When Boko Haram is pushed out and the environment secured, normal life will be restored. That is what we are determined to do. Other things like farming, economic activities and social life will then return. Nigerians are quite enterprising.”
President Buhari also told General Houghton that Nigeria still need more support from the British government in its quest to defeat the terrorists.
Specifically, he mentioned areas such as retraining of Nigerian armed forces by their British counterparts, donation of logistics, equipments and also intelligence support.
He however, appreciated Britain’s continuous support for Nigeria while calling for more international support for regional efforts to improve security in the Gulf of Guinea through which crude oil stolen from Nigeria is shipped.
Responding, General Houghton lauded the efforts of the Buhari’s government to tackle insurgency in the country, adding that Nigeria’s current government was a huge opportunity for Nigeria to make progress.
“We will also help to ensure that the causes of insurgency are removed. Beyond the military dimension, we are also interested in the stabilization dimension,” he said.
Recall that Boko Haram yesterday, October 7, released a new video in which an unidentified member of the rag-tag army re-affirmed the group’s allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS).
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s armed forces have revealed that they have clues regarding the possible sponsors of Boko Haram.
In a related development, security agencies in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has beefed up security in the nation’s capital after the multiple bomb blasts recently.
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