Following the recent killings in Benue by suspected Fulani herdsmen, the minister of interior, Tunji-Ojo has highlighted one of the main issues for the continuing insecurity in the country
According to the minister, the budget allocated for Security sector is very small, compared to other sectors in the country
Meanwhile, recall that there have been concerns from both some military men and resident of attacked areas, on how sophisticated the weapons these herdsmen use to carry out their operation
They even suggest that it is more sophisticated than those of the military’s
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While speaking at an event jointly organised by the House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in Abuja on Monday, June 16, Tunji-Ojo said;
‘’Look at the 2025 budget, how much do we have for border security? That is the truth. The whole budget for the National Immigration Service, the capital budget, is less than N10 billion or something and you want to protect 4024 sq/km of our border space. Are we joking? The more you kill one terrorist and the border is porous, twenty will come in.
The military are challenged. So for us, we need to be very realistic with ourselves. Do we want a system that works or we just want to play to the gallery.
We have some of the most brilliant people in our DSS. We have our NIA doing fantastically well. You can see the kind of leadership that the NSA is providing but the simple truth is that when we talk about security, internal security, the first thing that comes to a Nigerian’s mind is the military. That is a sign of failure of our internal security agencies.”
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Indeed it is true what Minister Tunji-Ojo has highlighted
We still don’t know how local herdsmen can get their hands on more sophisticated weapons than the Army
Hopefully, this will be rectified soon and Nigeria will become better and more secure