President Bola Tinubu has pledged to strengthen Nigeria’s security forces to defeat terrorism and banditry, describing the security challenges as keeping leaders “sleepless at night.”
Speaking on Monday, February 9, at the National Executive Council conference on Inclusive Growth and Sustainable National Development, the president promised that his administration would overcome the security threats through determination and resiliency.
“And I am leaving here again to further find means to strengthen our security forces to defeat terrorism and banditry, that I promise you,” Tinubu said.
“It is what has kept all of us sleepless at night, but I assure you that we will win with determination and resiliency. We will overcome this unacceptable terrorism and banditry; it’s not part of our culture, it’s foreign to us.”
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The president described the security situation as an economic burden that must be resolved.
“So, it’s an economic encumbrance if we do not find a solution to it,” he stated.
Tinubu commended governors from states severely affected by insecurity, particularly those of Borno, Katsina, and Kaduna, for their efforts in defending the country’s freedom and security.
“I commend many of you particularly the governor of Borno State, governor of Katsina, Kaduna and many of you who have done so much to defend our freedom, liberty and our commonwealth,” he said.