President Muhammadu Buhari says he is not prepared to leave
office as a failure and he is determined to turn things around in the war
against insecurity.
The president spoke on Thursday after he met with the
security chiefs at the presidential villa, Abuja.
Babagana Monguno, the national security adviser (NSA),
briefed state house correspondents after the meeting.
Monguno said although the military has “recorded successes”, the president is determined to achieve a turnaround in the fortunes of the country.
He said: “It is evident that a lot of successes have been
recorded. Large numbers of people are surrendering in the north-east as a
consequence of the relentless efforts of the armed forces, intelligence and
security agencies.
“This is very, very evident. We’ve never had such large
numbers of people defecting from the other side, back to the Nigerian side,
mainly, as a result of many issues within the theatre, issues of infighting among
the various factions of the terrorist groups.
“But the new drive of the armed forces, the police, the
intelligence agencies, there’s been greatest cooperation, greater synergy
intelligence sharing, as well as our partners in the regional intelligence fusion
unit.
“So the president was
briefed, the president is quite happy that there’s been tremendous success,
especially with the advent of the new service chiefs and inspector-general of
police.
“And he’s also made it very, very clear that he’s not ready
to exit government as a failure. He is not going to tolerate that he’s made
changes and is ready to make further changes if he is not satisfied. He is
completely determined to ensure that there’s a turnaround in the fortunes in
the theatre of operations.”
He added that “the atmosphere is improving” in the
north-east and north-west, but “a lot has to be done”.
The NSA said the issue of hunger in the country, which he
described as an “emergency situation”, was also discussed at the meeting.
He said: “The president is not oblivious to the pains of the
people and is working with the vice-president and other members of council, the
relevant ministries, departments and agencies of government to address this
issue.
“As far as it’s concerned, it’s also an emergency situation
that people should not be left to wallow in hunger, and in despair, this is
something that he’s also going to look into. And he’s going to use all the
necessary, all the relevant tools at his disposal to address the issue of
widespread hunger.”
Monguno said the president has given directives to address
the recent killings in Plateau state.
On the plans for Boko Haram insurgents who are surrendering,
he said: “I don’t want to immediately divulge what has been decided on those
plans till the president takes a firm decision.”
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