Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), says
terrorist groups are using social media platforms to recruit and radicalise
youths.
Earlier in the month, the federal government had suspended
Twitter, the microblogging and social networking service, in Nigeria and also
asked the house of representatives to enact a law to regulate social and online
media in Nigeria.
Speaking at the ongoing United Nations (UN) high-level
conference of heads of counter-terrorism agencies of member states in New York,
United States, Monguno said the approach adopted by terrorists is to portray
the government as incapable of guaranteeing the protection and well-being of
its population.
In a statement on Tuesday from the office of the NSA,
Monguno noted that it requires international collaboration to effectively deal
with the complex nature of terrorism and other transnational organised crimes.
“I can say with total conviction that apart from pandemics,
natural disasters and the climate itself, today, the greatest threat to the
existence of human race is the global scourge of terrorism,” Monguno said.
“The fallout of activities associated with terrorists have
collectively heightened insecurity in the greater part of Africa with serious
economic, social and political implications for its people.
“In the North Eastern part of Nigeria, the activities of
Boko Haram terrorists and the so called the Islamic State West Africa Province
with known affiliation to other international terror networks such as Daesh and
Al-Qaeda, have continued to undermine the security and livelihood of the
people.
“They are at the same time overlapping into neighbouring
countries of the Lake Chad Basin.
“It was disclosed that over a million persons have been
internally displaced in the communities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, while more
than seven million people remain in need of humanitarian assistance in North
Eastern Nigeria.”
Monguno stated that the federal government will continue to
confront the challenges posed by terrorism by setting up new structures and
national institutions, as well as empowering them.
According to him, the federal government has also improved
the coordination of humanitarian support for non-governmental organisations by
creating the ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social
development.
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