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Again, President Buhari Blasts Service Chiefs over
Worrisome Insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again expressed concerned
over the worrisome insecurity in Nigeria when he met with the
nation’s security service chiefs.
The President made known his mind during an emergency security
meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
Giving a highlight of the meeting, the National Security Adviser
(NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd) told journalists that
President Buhari was planning a complete re-engineering of the
nation’s security apparatus.
He further said that the President told service chiefs, who
attended the briefing, that their efforts were not good enough.
During the media chat, Monguno explained President Buhari’s
anger about the declining security situation.
Monguno said: “What he said today was virtually a reaffirmation
of what he said the first time. Yes Mr President said you are doing
your best, as far as I’m concerned, but there’s still a lot more to
be done. I’m more concerned about the promise we made to the larger
Nigerian society and I am ordering an immediate re-engineering of
the entire security apparatus. This is something that I believe
will be done in a very short time, but I just want us to keep hope
alive.
“I know how everybody feels, I know how Nigerians feel,
definitely the President is not oblivious of the fact that securing
the nation is a primary responsibility of government and I believe
in his sincerity, but again, since he’s not an octopus, since he’s
not a spirit, if he delegates to people, then the onus is on them
to actually fulfil the legitimate expectations of the larger
Nigerian society.”
On the likely next steps that could be taken by the President,
General Monguno said: “Mr. President has also directed we must
rejig our strategy both in terms of operations and intelligence to
further prevent catastrophes.
“We must bear in mind that we owe a duty to the people that
elected this government and at the end of the day, without securing
the nation all other things such as revamping the economy and
fighting corruption cannot be addressed.”
As regards to the security service chiefs, the NSA explained
that the Minister of Defence, retired General Bashir Magashi is
working out somethings.
He said: “Basically these are operational matters that are best
dealt with by the Minister of Defense. I know that there’s
something that he’s working on, which has led to this meeting being
delayed slightly, this meeting was actually supposed to take place
before the Sallah holiday, but I think one or two things have come
up that I don’t think I can explain, but I want you to be
comfortable that something is being done, following that marching
order.