The Federal Government has appealed to the world powers not to be weighed by unsubstantiated arguments to deny the country vital platf...
The Federal Government has appealed to the world powers not
to be weighed by unsubstantiated arguments to deny the country vital platforms and
weapons to fight insecurity.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
made the appeal on Thursday when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria
Forum in Abuja.
“I want to use this opportunity to say that the
international community can help us better than they are doing right now.
“To fight terrorists we need platforms and weapons.
“When the international community is weighed by
unsubstantiated arguments to deny the country of vital platforms and weapons to
fight insecurity, you cannot turn round to accuse the country of not fighting
terrorism,’ he said.
The minister buttresses the claim, saying “certain world powers have refused to even
sell to us certain vital weapons.”
“For more than two to three years now, we have paid for
certain vital weapons that they have not released to us and they even refused
to give us spare parts.
“I think our appeal to them is that they should please help
Nigeria to provide us with these sensitive platforms so that we can fight
insecurity more effectively.”
The minister said for Nigerians to fairly assess the efforts
of the federal government in the fight against insecurity, they should compare
where the country was pre-2015 and today.
He said to better appreciate what the government is doing in
the area of security, they should take a global survey to understand that
unrest, terrorism, and mindless violence cut across the globe.
“People should recognise the fact that today, people have
weaponised the issues of religion and ethnicity.
“We are dealing with extremely unreasonable people, whether
in the northwest or in the northeast.
“They should not forget that we are fighting
non-conventional war and at the same time, these people have contacts
everywhere,” he said.
Mohammed said besides kinetic deployment, the government is
equally using non-kinetic approach to tackle insecurity like the economy and
social intervention programmes meant to empower and engage the youths.
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