Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the country’s security
situation is “frightening”.
Speaking on Wednesday at a meeting with Lucky Irabor, chief
of defence staff, Usman Baba, inspector-general of police (IGP), and other
heads of security agencies, Lawan expressed concern over how insecurity would
affect foreign investment.
“There are, of course, several arguments whether the
resources available to our armed forces and our security agencies are enough or
not,” he said.
“Definitely not enough. I don’t know of any country where there is enough really. But even within the scarcity that we have, this administration and this senate and national assembly have always prioritised the security of our country.
“This particular
session of the interaction between us is to look into where we are today and
probably this current position where we are is most frightening because it is
like there is nowhere to hide, nowhere to go.
“Where our agricultural productivity is drastically going
down, that will complicate the security situation because the most ordinary
Nigerian cares more about what he or she or what the family will eat. And of
course, all other things are secondary.
“We have problems with our economy to some extent because of
insecurity. No foreign direct investment or not as much as we would ordinarily
attract to our country.
“Our prayer is to
start seeing serious, remarkable and dramatic changes from today.”
On his part, Irabor said a lot is being done to improve
security in the country.
“Quite a lot has happened, quite a lot has been done, quite
a lot is being done to ensure that we improve on the security situation across
the country,” he said.
“The commitment is there. It’s very profound. I believe that
as we go into discussions on specifics, it will be clear that no one is leaving
any stone unturned in redressing all the imbalances within the security environment.”
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