Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that the Buhari-led administration is handling security across the country very well.
The Vice President said this when he hosted members of Arewa Pastors
Forum for Peace at the presidential villa in Abuja on Monday February
3.
Osinbajo also disclosed that “ways to beef up security” across the
country was part of the discussion they had during the National Security
Council meeting which was held on Thursday January 30.
In a statement released by his media aide Laolu Akande, the Vice
President averred that Nigerian security agencies will be recruiting
more personnel to curb security challenges in the country.
He said;
“We are doing everything that needs to be done. We are handling
security well, and as you know, including military deployment in diverse
fields, like the Boko Haram in the Northeast.“In fact, we have to now recruit more into the Army, and much faster
than we ever did because we need men on the ground; resources also – to
buy more arms, to buy more platforms.“At the last meeting of the National Security Council that was held
on Thursday, we had discussions on how to beef up the military’s
platforms. How do we beef up the numbers?’ How do we recruit more men
and women into the Army? How do we collaborate more with local
vigilante, the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and all that? So, there
is a lot going on in terms of trying to beef up security. The security
situation is one that is very challenging.“We are also looking at aspects of surveillance – how we can do more
aerial surveillance using drones and electronic devices to improve
surveillance.”