The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, says tackling the nation’s insecurity won’t be business as usual under his watch.
He gave this assurance on his assumption of office at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters, Abuja, according to a statement by Mohammad Abdulkadri on Wednesday.
Badaru harped on the need for all security agencies to eschew rivalry in joint operational environment, assuring that all actionable intelligence, pending committee reports and recommendations on ways to end insecurity will be revisited and duly reviewed.
While promising remarkable changes in the nation’s defence architecture, the Minister said there will be monthly meeting with security agencies.
The meeting, according to him will be a platform for fine-tuning strategic collaborative engagements towards dealing decisively with emerging threats to national peace and security.
Earlier in his remarks, the Minister for State Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, said multi-faceted approaches will be deployed to checkmate insecurity.
Matawalle said the defence capabilities of the nation’s Armed Forces will be reinvigorated under the current dispensation.
He said more fighting equipment will be prioritised, adding that, “Local community participation in national defence and improved regional collaboration to stem the waves of cross-border crimes will be vigorously pursued in safeguarding the nation’s territorial integrity.
