Why Nigeria may face worse security problems - Aisha Buhari

The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, advocates for the adoption of new security strategies and approaches to check the rising insecurity in the country

The First Lady urges the federal government to re-strategise and re-examine Nigeria’s security structure as a means of checking rising cases of terrorism

 Aisha Buhari advises the government to take seriously the welfare of security personnel, noting that welfare affects the performance of security operatives

The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, has warned that the security problems facing Nigeria may worsen if new strategies and approaches are not adopted to check the rising insecurity in the country.

The First Lady speaking at an international conference on state and security held at the Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna on Monday, February 24, urged the federal government to re-strategise and re-examine Nigeria’s security structure, Daily Trust reports.

She said such a move by the government was needed to check rising cases of terrorism in Nigeria

Aisha advised the government to take seriously the welfare of security personnel, noting that welfare affects the performance of security operatives

She advised Nigerians to play their part in securing the country by providing relevant information to security agencies to avert any potential threat to peace and security in the country.

Meanwhile, as Nigeria continues to grapple with security, Catholics across the country have decided to don black attires on Ash Wednesday.

This move is a sign of mourning and solidarity with the victims of kidnapping and other violent crimes in the country.

Premium Times reports that the Catholics Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) released a statement which will be read at masses across Catholic churches on Wednesday, February 26.

In the statement signed by the president and secretary of CBCN, Augustine Akubeze and Camillus Umoh, the church said it is aware of its moral responsibility, while also calling on the government to live up to its responsibility of protecting Nigerians.

The church urged the international community to lend a helping hand to the Nigerian government in the fight against evil doers who are bent on destabilising the country.

The Catholic church decried the repeated executions of Christians by the Boko Haram insurgents, kidnappings and other criminal activities that have left Nigerians traumatised.