Former Leader of the Senate and Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has said that measures taken by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to tackle insecurity are yielding the desired results.
The federal lawmaker made the commendation in a statement
issued in Abuja on Wednesday.
Ndume’s remarks come a few weeks after President Bola Ahmed
Tinubu declared an emergency on insecurity.
Tinubu’s government had also directed the Department of
State Services to immediately deploy all the forest guards already trained to
flush out the terrorists and bandits lurking in the nation’s forests.
Speaking on the results so far, Senator Ndume said that “the
directive to engage forest guards, coupled with their training, has gone a long
way to complement efforts of the Nigerian Army, and they are happy with that
too.”
The former Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Army
commended the Federal Government for improvements in the welfare of men of the
security forces, particularly the Army, to boost their morale.
While he acknowledged that their salaries have been doubled,
he maintained that “it is still not enough, compared to other armed forces in
the sub-region.”
According to Ndume: “I can see visible improvements in terms
of cooperation between the Armed Forces and other security agencies. That is
very commendable.
“There is visible improvement in the kitting of the military
in terms of new arms, uniforms, protection helmets, boots, and bulletproof
vests.
“But still, the government must do more by giving priority
to arms and ammunition needed at the theatre of operations. They need to
procure more attack helicopters and add more armoured personnel carriers.”
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