The Federal government has reiterated its resolve to tackle the security challenges with vigour and the buy-in of Nigerians.
The National Security Adviser (NSA) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu said the government will birth a new security apparatus where inter-agency collaboration will take the centre stage.
Ribadu, while presenting a lead paper on Crafting a Strategic Blueprint for Security and Prosperity at the 2023 conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja, also assured the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will be better equipped with trained workforce.
According to him, the government will take tough decisions on security because it has seen l the most significant threat to Nigeria’s socio economic well being is from terrorist groups and other non-state actors operating in various parts of the country.
The NSA however stressed that in relation to the approach to security, the national security structure needs to operate as a system rather than a collection of separate components.
“This is aimed at establishing a unified effort among government agencies to maximise all available resources in a collective effort.
“More so today’s security challenges have increased the demand for interagency collaboration in order to deliver kinetic and non kinetic efforts needed to address these challenges”, he noted.
Citing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s resolve on tackling insecurity, he said;
“We must focus on one tune, coordinate, share information, share intelligence and work harder.
“This administration will spare nothing in ensuring smooth synergy between all within all ministries departments and agencies to foster a whole of government approach to the nation’s security intervention”.