The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has assured that the security challenges bedevilling the country will soon be over.

The minister, who gave the assurance while speaking to newsmen at his residence in Maradun, Zamfara State, said arrangement has been put in place to end insecurity in the country.

Matawalle said the Ministry of Defence has procured war helicopters and other fighting equipment to fight banditry, insurgency, and other criminal activities in Nigeria.

“In fact, the federal government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arranged all what is supposed to be used in fighting the insurgency, banditry activities, and all sorts of crimes in the country,” he said.

The minister further disclosed that a few days after their swearing-in as ministers, President Tinubu gave them a matching order to ensure that the country is out of kidnapping and attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in North-East and other parts of the country.

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“I assure you that when the work commences in a couple of time, the issue of insecurity in the country would be history because very soon our military will commence manufacturing their weapons in the country,” the former governor of Zamfara State added.

Matawalle stressed that as part of his job, he has inspected the military equipment provided by the federal government to security personnel, especially the troops of the Nigerian Army.

He said: “Therefore all what our ministry needs has been given to us by Mr President; even in the supplementary budget, our ministry has been given due consideration than any other ministry. So I see no reason why we will not work hard to complement our president’s efforts in fighting insecurity.

“So now what Mr President needs is to get positive results and the results have started coming out as. I am talking to you, our military is in the North-East fighting insurgency.”

Matawalle added that he and all the Service Chiefs will soon go round the three geopolitical zones to visit all the military personnel and those at the war front to support them.

He, therefore, urged Nigerians to be security conscious and report any threat to security operatives for appropriate action.

Idris Salisu

The Star