Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has responded to a statement credited to the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to the effect that Muhammadu Buhari’s government is overwhelmed by the security challenges in the country.
According to Lai Mohammed, the government is not overwhelmed because the security challenge facing the country is not a conventional war for which solders are trained.
Answering questions today, April 4, on a TVC programme: “This Morning,” the minister said: “we must give kudos to our military. You know that we are not fighting a conventional war but terrorism, hence the need for everyone to support the security agencies so as to win over the menace.
He said that the government is fast-tracking the installation of some security gadgets on railway tracks to ensure adequate surveillance.
“The Federal Government is working toward ensuring that such incident does not reoccur.
“One of the things that the government wants to do is to fast-track the installation of surveillance and monitoring system, not just on the Abuja-Kaduna rail track. But also on the Lagos-Ibadan and Warri-Itakpe rail tracks to ensure that at any given time we will be able to monitor from the control room.”
Lai Mohammed said that in spite of the security challenges, the military and other security personnel are doing their best and have recorded successes in their fight against terrorism.
“The Federal Government has also given the military the enabling environment to continue in the fight against terrorism and banditry,’’ he said.
The minister assured Nigerians of the Federal Government’s commitment to ensure that every state is secured.
Source: NAN.
