Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has said that it is a shame that the Nigerian military cannot secure 14 local government out of the 144 local governments in the country, he also added that his administration will nip insecurity in the bud.
While speaking when the National Executive Council of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) paid him a courtesy visit in his Kaduna residence yesterday, Buhari said “The military has never been so incapacitated like now. It’s a shame that the military cannot secure 14 Nigeria’s local governments out of the 774 local governments in the country.”
The President-elect added that his administration will focus on three major areas which are insecurity, economy and job creation.
He said “My administration will concentrate on three major areas on assumption of office, which is insecurity, the economy/unemployment and corruption. We will ensure we nip the insecurity in bud.”
The Chairman of ACF and former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmadu Coomassie (rtd) also said that Nigeria has never faced the level of decay, the collapse of moral values and the high level of corruption, crime, unemployment and impoverishment of the citizenry like it happened in the last six years.
He said “Security has been the major concern especially in the North-east region which has been devastated by the insurgency caused by the Boko Haram. And the energy which is the source of power and main driver of the economy requires serious and urgent attention.”
Meanwhile Thisday has reportedly confirmed that United States’ President Barack Obama has named his Secretary of State, Hon John Kerry as the head of the American Presidential delegation to the inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari as the president of Nigeria, come May 29, 2015.