Defence Minister Magashi Laments, Reveals New Dimension of Threat to Nigeria
- Food insecurity is one of the biggest problems Nigeria is currently dealing with amid insurgency
- This was the revelation of Bashir Salihi Magashi, the minister of defence, on Monday, November 8
- Magashi noted that the federal government is presently planning on recruiting more Nigerians into the armed forces to overcome terrorism
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The minister of defence, Bashir Magashi, has opened on what he called a new dimension of threat to Nigeria's stability.
Magashi on Monday, November 8, noted that one of the threats Nigeria is currently dealing with is food insecurity, The Nation reports.
The minister also expressed worry over the rise in secession agitations in the southern part of the country coupled with oil bunkering, terrorism, and insurgency in the north.
Source: UGC
However, Magashi noted that the federal government is dealing decisively with these threatening issues with the recent recruitment of 17,000 personnel for the Armed Forces.
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He added that the government is planning to employ 10,000 policemen and officers annually in the next six years.
Added to these, he disclosed that dialogue and mediation techniques are other means being explored "in tackling other emerging threats such as the agitations by some ethnic nationalities and groups.”
Magashi added:
”Food security has been adversely affected with the attendant rise in the prices of foodstuff across the country which portends a new dimension of threat.
”A look at the security challenges in Nigeria today reveals new dimensions with increasing agitations for secession. In the Northeast, attacks by Boko Haram Terrorists and the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) continue to pose serious security threats in Nigeria."
FG finally reveals why bandits have not been declared terrorist
Meanwhile, Magashi had said that the need to follow due process was responsible for the delay in declaring bandits as terrorists.
Magashi, made this disclosure while fielding questions from newsmen on Friday, October 29 in Maiduguri.
The minister maintained that there was a procedure that needed to be observed before such a declaration.
He said:
“We are not declaring them terrorists because there is a procedure for doing that. When the procedure is followed, they will be classified as terrorists. We are waiting for the procedure to be completed.”
Source: Legit.ng
