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Terrorists Not Better Equipped Than Military, Buhari Boasts
President Muhammadu Buhari and some state governors, yesterday, agreed that poverty and youth unemployment are the major causes of nationwide security challenges.
This is as the president also clarified that terrorists are not better equipped than the military.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists, yesterday.
The statement titled, “President Buhari, Governors end meeting with calls for protection of civilian communities, improved intelligence-sharing”, was issued at the end of a meeting Buhari had with representatives of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on security challenges in the country.
Shehu said the President agreed with the governors that the issues would be addressed with greater vigour by all tiers of government.
The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors on Tuesday ended their meeting on the state of the nation’s security with calls for a joint strategy to bring various conflicts to an end within time limits, while field commanders would take measures to protect civilian communities as a confidence-building mechanism between the military and those communities.
“It is hoped that when the trust that has been lost between both parties is re-established, there would be improved cooperation in intelligence-gathering and sharing”.