NIGERIA ADVANCES STRONGER WHOLE-OF-SOCIETY SECURITY STRATEGY @ UNGA

NIGERIA ADVANCES STRONGER WHOLE-OF-SOCIETY SECURITY STRATEGY @ UNGA

Nigeria is advocating a stronger whole-of-society and partnership-based approach to tackling emerging security challenges across the country and the wider Sahel region.

A statement by the special assistant on media to minister of Defence Leah Katung Babatunde says, the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, stated this at a high-level side event on the margins of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.

He noted that modern security threats require collective action, resilient communities, effective institutions and inclusive development.

The Minister also highlighted measures by the Federal Government including the recruitment of 22,000 additional military personnel, expansion of the Nigerian Army’s divisional structure.

General Musa also cited efforts to strengthen intelligence coordination, establish forest guard arrangements, improved domestic defence production through DICON, and deploy advanced technologies for surveillance and counter-IED operations.