Buhari Govt Not Overwhelmed By Insecurity – Lai Mohammed Replies Obasanjo
On Monday, Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, stated that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is not overwhelmed by the country’s security concerns.
Recall that former President Olusegun Obasanjo remarked on Sunday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is beset by insecurity.
In response to the latest Kaduna train incident, Obasanjo stated that Nigerians are no longer safe on the road, in trains, or at airports.
He urged for a determined effort to reverse Nigeria’s tide of insecurity, lamenting the fact that the Buhari administration had been overwhelmed by the situation.
In response, Mohammed expressed his condolences to the victims’ families on a TVC show, emphasizing the Federal Government’s efforts to address the country’s security concerns.
According to him, the government is moving quickly to put various security devices on railway tracks to ensure proper 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 a 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,’’ he said.
Mohammed claimed that in spite of the security challenges, the military and other security personnel were doing their best and have recorded successes in their fight against terrorism.
“ 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.
“The Federal Government has also given the military the enabling environment to continue in the fight against terrorism and banditry,’’ he said.
The minister also assured Nigerians of the Federal Government’s commitment to ensure that every state is secured.
