President Bola Tinubu’s administration is implementing several far-reaching measures to combat terrorism in Nigeria, combining military action with socio-economic initiatives and regional diplomacy
Minister of Solid Minerals, Deji Alake stated this during a news conference hosted by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on Wednesday in Abuja.
He explained that the insecurity in Nigeria did not start under President Tinubu or two years ago.
“From the actions taken so far; from the plethora of actions, if such were taken ten years ago, we probably would not be where we are today.
“Ranging from the changing of security architecture, the top brass of our security agencies.
“The change in 2023, change again a few days ago; all these are to reinvigorate and re-inject new enthusiasm and impetus into the fight against insecurity.
“These are policies and actions emanating from deep exhaustive planning and strategising and they are yielding results.
“When you look at the last ten years and do a comparative analysis with the last two years, you will notice the tremendous efforts that this government has put in place and actions so far taken to stem the tide of insecurity.
“Everyone knows that there is no deliberate targeting of any religion or persecution. Sometimes, when these terrorists go to attack, they don’t do it based on religion, rather it is based on either economic or political reasons, ” Alake said.
He added that ironically, some of those communities are inhabited by people of a particular religion, adding that, to use the faith of the inhabitant to explain the motive of the attack is very wrong.
“Such do not reflect the reality on the ground”.
He called on the media to stop propagating a wrong narrative characterised by unbelievable happenings in the country, but rather amplify the success of the armed forces in the fight against terrorism.
