Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo had on Sunday said the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is overwhelmed by insecurity.
According
to report, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Monday,
said the Muhammadu Buhari administration is not overwhelmed by the security
challenges in the country.
Obasanjo
while reacting to the recent Kaduna train attack said Nigerians travelling are
no longer safe on the road, in the train and at the airport.
The former president called
for concerted efforts to stem the tide of insecurity in Nigeria, regretting
that the Buhari administration had been overwhelmed by the situation.
Reacting,
Mohammed on a TVC programme, condoled with the families of the victims, citing
the various Federal Government’s efforts in tackling the security challenges in
the country.
He said
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
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.
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