The Federal Government is not overwhelmed by the security challenges in the country and will soon overcome.
These are the words of the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina.
Adesina spoke in an interview with The Interview magazine.
His words: “But is the government overwhelmed? By no means. The challenges are being tackled, and we will eventually overcome. Nigeria is greater than the challenges, no matter the hidden hostile hands that are encouraging them.”
He pointed out that security challenges were not new to Nigeria.
According to him, it dated back to 1914 amalgamation.
His words: “It was an unwilling union, forcefully consummated by Lord Frederick Lugard. Since then, it had been uneasy, with grave suspicion rifling through the polity.
“It was not helped by the colonial masters themselves, who played one ethnic nationality against the other, to serve their own interests.
“These tensions spiked in recent times, particularly with the advent of democracy, in which people could make utterances, however indecorous or divisive they may be.
“The security challenges are enormous. Insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery, communal strife, criminality generally. These are truly dire times, and as the president has said, they are results of the corruption, decay and neglects of the past.”
Adesina also spoke on how soon President Muhammadu Buhari will set up a new cabinet.
“Nigerians will not have to wait a day longer than necessary, before they have a cabinet,” he said.
He explained that the current situation was different from that of 2015 when it took a long time before Buhari set up his cabinet.
“And as the president himself has said, the process won’t take as long as it did in 2015, because the circumstances are not the same,” he added.
