•Says insecurity slowing country’s efforts to stamp out poverty
Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday cautioned against ethnic profiling in the battle against insecurity in the country, vowing to deal with insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminals threatening national security.
The president in an address delivered on his behalf by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, at a meeting of Northern governors and traditional rulers in Kaduna, also challenged the service chiefs to devise new methods of protecting lives and property.
He expressed concern that insecurity is slowing down the country’s efforts to stamp out poverty.
You must act fast, Sultan warns • Northern govs, elders resolve to tackle almajiri, bickering
President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that Nigeria’s security challenges would be tackled militarily, just as the Arewa Elders, under the umbrella of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), yesterday, cautioned northern governors to work together and avoid public disagreement on how to combat the issue. x
The 19 northern governours met with the President’s representatives, yesterday, to seek an immediate end to the general insecurity plaguing the country.
On the president’s team were Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, all traditional rulers in the North, led by Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Sa’ad 111, National Assembly leaders and the Inspection General of Police (IGP).
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Lalong laments state of institutions, corporate interests set up by Sardauna for the North
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By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
Chairman of Northern States Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong, has expressed regrets over the state of institutions and corporate interests set up by Sardauna Ahmadu Bello for the benefit of the people, saying some of these institutions are struggling to survive while others have already gone aground.
He therefore, charged his colleagues not to “allow the situation to go beyond this, hence the need for us to take a deep look at what we can do to turn the tide.”
TODAY
February 25, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that criminals who were terrorising the country should be dealt with accordingly, without resorting to ethnic profiling. He reiterated that government shall continue to deal with insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements who constitute threat to innocent citizens across the country.
Speaking while declaring open a meeting of the 19 Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) and Council of Northern Traditional Rulers at the Government House, Kaduna, Buhari who was represented by the Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari said, “Criminals are criminals and should be dealt with accordingly as such, without resorting to ethnic profiling”.