Insecurity: Excuses will no longer be tolerated, says Buhari, charges Service Chiefs to do more
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed displeasure over the current state of the security situation in the country.
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd.) who disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Thursday, after a security briefing, said the President had charged managers of the nation’s security to redouble their efforts in fighting insecurity.
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According to Monguno, the President said excuses will no longer be tolerated, even as he said he expects everyone to live up to expectations.
He said, though the security chiefs had been doing their best, their best had not been good enough for the challenges facing the nation.
Buhari also expressed displeasure over the lack of synergy amongst security forces and charged the various aspects of the security architecture to work together to solve the nation’s security challenges.
He said the President charged the office of the NSA to meet with governors of the Northwest states and that of Niger State, for briefing and strategic organisation of a response to the Banditry problem in their domains.
“A meeting was just concluded between Mr President and the heads of the security agencies – that is the operational heads consisting of Minister of Defence, the service chiefs, and on the other hand, the intelligence components consisting of myself and intelligence heads.
“Today’s meeting basically focused on recent developments. Mr President has expressed great concern over the declining security situation in the country.
“He is extremely unhappy about what is happening and he feels that even though the security agencies are doing their best, their best is not good enough for him and he wants an immediate reversal of the current trend and immediate reversal of our misfortunes in all their dimensions,’’ he said.
Recall that President Buhari met with service chiefs today to discuss insecurity issues.
