{"id":2983,"date":"2020-06-18T23:30:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T22:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2020-06-18T23:30:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T22:30:01","slug":"insecurity-buhari-worried-over-lack-of-synergy-between-service-chiefs-mongonu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/insecurity-buhari-worried-over-lack-of-synergy-between-service-chiefs-mongonu\/","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: Buhari worried over lack of synergy between Service Chiefs \u2014 Mongonu"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Muhammadu Buhari has again frowned at the apparent lack of synergy among security agencies in the ongoing campaign against insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes in the country.<\/p>\n
The National Security Adviser, retired Major General Babagana Mongonu, said the president made his position known at a meeting with security chiefs at the State House, Abuja.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The meeting was attended by the Minister of Defence, retired Major General Bashir Magashi; Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and the service chiefs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Others who attended the meeting include the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Muhammed Adamu; Director-Generals of the Department of State Services and National Intelligence Agency, \u00a0Mr Yusuf\u00a0 Bichi and Mr Ahmed Rufa\u2019I, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Mongonu said that the president was highly disturbed on the issue of lack of synergy within the nation\u2019s security sector.<\/p>\n
ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong>BREAKING: Buhari meets Service Chiefs over national security challenges<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cMr President is greatly disturbed about issues of a lack of synergy within the security sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThis has to be addressed and he has left us in no doubt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cUnless we address this issue and form a single front, the convergence of efforts, the confluence of all ideas be that operational or intelligence, must be achieved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe must have a central platform to coordinate all the efforts, all operations and security.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Monguno said the security chiefs were in no uncertain terms, reminded that the Buhari administration came to power on the platform of three issues namely: fighting insecurity, over-coming economic difficulties and dealing with the scourge of corruption.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The president stated that without security, the pursuit of the other two would just be an exercise in futility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He, therefore, warned the security agencies to take into consideration the wider implication of the gradual decent\u00a0of the security of the country as he would not accept any further escalation of the security situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The NSA also cited Buhari to have pointed out other immediate areas of concern to include proliferation of drugs, small arms and light weapons as well as the use of unregistered SIM cards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Monguno said: \u201cthese areas are also inter-linked and we must find a way out, especially the issue of proliferation of drugs, small arms and light weapons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThese two issues also go hand-in-hand with the major issues of criminality in this country, be them banditry on one hand in the North-West of Nigeria or terrorism in the North-East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cNow, added to this, is another area that raises concern, which is the use of unregistered SIM cards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIn my own brief, I dwelt on that issue and I raised concern that whatever we intend to achieve, we will not be able to get to the Promised Land, unless we wrestle this issue of unrestrained acquisition of unregistered SIM cards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cMr President has directed that I, as the national security adviser should link up with the minister of communications and digital economy, to work out a blueprint to ensure the end of the irresponsible use of any SIM card.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cOf course, I urged my colleagues, the inspector-general of police and director-general of the Department of State Services to help in this issue.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Monguno disclosed that his office would soon initiate a meeting with governors of the North-West geo-political zone, including that of Niger, to find a lasting solution to security challenges in the states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Muhammadu Buhari has again frowned at the apparent lack of synergy among security agencies in the ongoing campaign against insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes in the country. The National Security Adviser, retired Major […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,2],"tags":[118,539,533],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-2983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-politics","9":"category-top-news","10":"tag-buhari","11":"tag-monguno","12":"tag-service-chiefs"},"yoast_head":"\n