Africa-Press – Nigeria. 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.”
The Nigerian military has gunned down 11 terrorists.
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