President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has vowed to reverse security misfortunes that have bedeviled Nigeria for a long time now and “turn the tide in our favour.
“As far as I’m concerned, this country should not be on its knees struggling while other countries are walking and achieving greater heights.”
Asíwájú Tinubu, in his first meeting with service chiefs, made up of leadership of the armed forces, the Inspector General of Police and intelligent community at the Presidential villa, Abuja today, June 1, said that in moving the country forward, he would count on the full support of the security agencies.
The President, who appreciated and commended the level of commitment the security agencies have put up do far, asked them to redouble their efforts.
The President also paid tribute to those who died in defending the country, from the great big menace of terrorism, insurgency, banditry, Oil theft, sea robbery, piracy and others.
He said that his own philosophy is one of contemporary security measures dealing with the requirements of the time, saying that he will not accept a situation in which the nation’s fortunes keep declining. The president advised the national security to coordinate, adding: “there has to be wherever, whatever it says, whether it is a basket system, but there must be a clearing house.
He asked the agencies to, a a matter of must, work to achieve one single purpose.
“Working at cross purposes and colliding with each other is not something that I will condone.”
He has made it very, very clear that all the security agencies must comply with the demands of coordination, with the demands of frequent consultations and also timely reports which must be acted on.
President Tinubu declared that he would embark on a lot of reforms in terms of the security architecture, promising to take a closer look at the nation’s misfortunes in the maritime domain, focusing particularly on the issues of oil theft.
“Wherever the problem is coming from it must be crushed as soon as possible.”
He mandated the security agencies to come up with a blueprint on the best way to tackle all the security challenges.
“And whatever changes will be made have to be done as soon as possible.”
He directed soldiers in the theater of battle must be well fed, well kitted, motivated and given all that they require, saying that he would do whatever is within his powers to enable the operational elements perform to the fullest.
He asked the intelligence agencies to make their work easy for them by providing the type of intelligence that they require to carry out the assignment.

Immediate past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has said that it is not the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that ordered the removal of fuel subsidy.
Keyamo, who served as Director of Media and Publicity to All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, in a statement on his Twitter handle, said that it is a section of the press that mischievously twisted what the President said during his inaugural address on May 29, 2023.
“A section of the Press is mischievously twisting the narrative to read that TINUBU’s GOVERNMENT HAS REMOVED SUBSIDY.
“That is NOT CORRECT.
“TINUBU’s govt has merely inherited a regime where there was no provision for subsidy in the 2023 Appropriation Act as from June, 2023 and the Petroleum Industry Act which is now extant has no provision for subsidy. President Tinubu merely acknowledged this state of affairs in his inaugural speech at the Eagle Square.
“So any advocate of subsidy should convince the Nigerian people why President Tinubu should start on a note of illegality by promising to reintroduce something which the law has taken away.
“They should also convince the Nigerian people why President Tinubu should embark on a present illegality that gulped $10 billion of our scarce or unavailable resources in 2022 alone.
Those claiming to defend the right or welfare of workers should convince the Nigerian people that $10 billion injected into the economy yearly will not jumpstart the economy enough as to create massive jobs and even increase the same minimum wage they complain about.
“That is the conversation the Nigerian people are prepared to have now.”

“We know the consequences of unveiling a masquerade. We will get fierce opposition from those benefitting from the oil subsidy scam.”
Vice President Kashim Shettima made this statement today, May 30, when he officially assumed office at the Presidential villa, Abuja.
According to the Vice President, in 2022, Nigeria spent $10 billion subsidizing “the ostentatious lifestyle of the upper class of the society.”
He said that people in the upper class benefitted 90 percent from the oil subsidy, while poor 40 percent of Nigerians benefitted very little.
“The truth of the matter is that it is either we get rid of subsidy or the fuel subsidy gets rid of the Nigerian nation.”
He expressed confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is prepared to face the challenges involved in the removal of the subsidy, saying: “where where there is a will, there is a way.
“Be rest assured that our president is a man of strong will and conviction. In the fullness of time, you will appreciate his noble intentions for the nation. “The issue of fuel subsidy will be frontally addressed. The earlier we do so, the better.”
Vice President Shettima said that the multiple exchange rates would be collapsed into one.
“So, these are two big elephants in the room and as the days go by, we will be unveiling our agenda. He is going to unveil his agenda because as I have always said, there can never be two captains in a ship. “He is the President and Commander-In-Chief of the armed forces.
“I am the vice president. Your relevance is directly proportional to the level of your loyalty to the president.
“This is a gentleman that I have known for well over a decade; that I have interacted closely with, be rest assured that we are going to work harmoniously as a team, as a family for the greater good of our nation.”
The Vice President paraphrased the late John F. Kennedy’s words: “to some generations much is given; to other generations much is expected, saying: “I believe this generation has a rendezvous with destiny and my principal, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is poised to redefine the meaning and concept of modern governance.
“I want to assure Nigerians that he is going to provide the lead. “He is going to provide the leadership and we will rally round him, give him our unequivocally support and loyalty to see to the realization of the Nigerian dream—a Nigeria where every black man in the world should be proud of.”
Shettima said that power is all about “how we can make life better for the common man. So, i want to assure our countrymen that President Bola Tinubu will, by the grace of God, catapult this nation to a higher pedestal.
“He is determined; he has the skills set; he has the temperament; the disposition and the purity of mind and commitment to give service to this nation.”

There are indications that the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, popularly known as Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, may return to the throne soon.
The new governor of the state, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, gave the indication when he officially invited Sanusi Lamido to his inauguration as Governor, which was conducted today, May 29.
Many people saw the invitation as controversial and a possible open way to the return of Sanusi Lamido.
People wondered how Sanusi would be in the same space with the incumbent Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero in attendance.
It was learnt that Sanusi Lamido actually honoured the invitation by attending the inauguration.
This was even as suspected miscreants considered to be supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) heckled the current Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero and his younger brother, Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero, who is also the Emir of Bichi when they turned up for the inauguration of the governor at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano.
Information has it that immediately the two first-class monarchs arrived at the venue, the angry miscreants, suspected to be hired political thugs, started shouting at the top of their voices.
Aminu and Nasiru both are children of the most revered Emir of Kano, late Alhaji Dr. Ado Bayero, who died in 2014, after spending 51 years on the throne.
Their mother, who died in April 2021 was one of the daughters of the 8th Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Sulu Gambari, and a elder sister to the current Emir of Ilorin, Kwara State.
Aminu Ado Bayero, born on 10 February 1961, became the 15th Fulani Emir of Kano on 9 March 2020, following the deposition of his nephew, Sanusi Lamido.
Nasiru Ado Bayero, born on 2 February 1964, is a Nigerian banker and businessman before he ascended the throne of the Emir of Bichi. He succeeded his brother, Aminu Ado Bayero, who was named as the Emir of Kano, following the deposition of Sanusi II.
Recall that the former Governor of the State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, who is also the leader of the NNPP, had said that the incoming government in Kano would revisit the dethronement of Muhammadu Sanusi.
In a viral video posted on social media after the victory of his party in Kano, Kwankwaso said he was confident that Abba Yusuf, governor-elect of the state, would have the wisdom to resolve “challenges” in the state.
He said that the opportunity to revisit Sanusi’s dethronement had presented itself and that he would advise the incoming government on what to do as an elder.
“We as elders in the movement will continue to advise them to do things that are proper,” Kwankwaso said.
“We tried not to talk about whether the Emir would be removed or not, but now you see, the opportunity is there.
“Those who God made leaders will now decide on the next step and decision to take. They will review it and determine what is the right thing to be done.
“Apart from the issue of changing the emir, the emirates have now been divided into five. All of that will be reviewed too. When a leader comes into power whether in a country, state or local government area, he inherits things that are good and things that are difficult and challenging.”
Source: PRNigeria.