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President Tinubu: Prioritise Security to achieve economic revival.

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11 months ago

June 5, 2023

Stella Charles Akupue

President Tinubu: Prioritise Security to achieve economic revival.

President Bola Tinubu has tasked security and intelligence agencies to share intelligence, stressing that hoarding such resources could be counterproductive in the fight against terrorism.

Tinubu gave the advice after undertaking a tour of the new Office of National Security Adviser and facilities at the National Counter Terrorism Centre, NCTC, in Abuja.

While acknowledging the efforts in countering terrorism and the state-of-the-art facilities at the two facilities, President Tinubu highlighted the importance of backing such efforts with knowledge. Furthermore, he said security should be of optimum priority to achieve economic rejuvenation, prosperity, and development.

President Tinubu: Prioritise Security to achieve economic revival.

“It is a great joy to see that we are getting proactive resources to prepare ourselves.
“Terrorism is not unique to Nigeria alone. It is across the world, and we have to fight it. We have to eliminate it completely.

“If we as Nigerians are looking for economic revival, prosperity and development, then we must prioritize security. “I have seen a demonstration of intelligence efforts to counter-terrorism. However, this must be backed by knowledge.

“Counter-terrorism not backed by knowledge and intelligence will not serve any nation. So we are going to work on that together. “The effort of the entire armed forces of this country must be put together so that there will be one single focus on securing the country.

“You can’t have disharmony in an orchestra. We must focus on one tunnel; coordinate, share information, share intelligence and work harder. “You cannot hoard information. You cannot accumulate intelligence. I am glad that Nigeria is on the path to success. We will, I assure you. “We will prioritize it.

President Tinubu, who described the tour of facilities at the new ONSA building as very important, expressed his willingness to do whatever was necessary to support the nation’s security architecture.

The National Security Adviser retired Major-General Babagana Monguno, had thanked the President for making the visit his first engagement outside the Villa, saying that it reinforces his commitment, dedication and inflexible rigidity to ensuring that the security misfortunes of the country and, by extension, the sub-region is overcome within the shortest possible time.

General Monguno pledged the total commitment and dedication of ONSA to ensure that President Tinubu realized his promises to the Nigerian people on security.