Tinubu gives directives to security chiefs

President Bola Tinubu has directed security chiefs to work together in order to strengthen the fight against insecurity in the country.

Tinubu said the security of the country must be coordinated, warning the service chiefs against “working at cross purposes and colliding with each other”.

The President gave the warning during his first meeting with the security chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, June 1.

Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, disclosed that Tinubu ordered the security agencies to develop a blueprint to tackle the security challenges bedevilling the country.

Monguno said: “The President has revealed that in moving this country forward, he needs the security agencies to redouble their efforts. And he also pointed out that his own philosophy is one of contemporary security measures dealing with the requirements of the time.

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“He has made it very clear that he will not accept a situation in which our fortunes keep declining. And his own trajectory is that national security has to be coordinated; there has to be wherever whatever it says whether it is a basket system, but there must be a clearing house.

“All agencies must work to achieve one single purpose. Working at cross purposes and colliding with each other is not something that he will condone.

“He has made it clear that all the security agencies must comply with the demands of coordination, with the demands of frequent consultations and also timely reports which must be acted on.”

The NSA added that President Tinubu also “addressed prevailing issues confronting the nation in terms of insecurity and also mentioned his own philosophy towards dealing with national security issues.”

Those in attendance at the meeting were the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya; the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao; and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba.

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