President Bola Tinubu Warns Service Chiefs Against Working at Cross Purposes, Urges Crackdown on Oil Theft.
During his inaugural official meeting with security and intelligence heads, President Bola Tinubu emphasized that working at cross purposes would no longer be tolerated. The meeting, held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, was led by Chief of Defence Staff General Lucky Irabor.
Furthermore, President Tinubu expressed his administration’s zero-tolerance stance on oil theft, urging the service chiefs to take decisive action against anyone involved in such criminal activities.
In addition, the President stressed the importance of Nigeria not succumbing to security challenges while other countries progress and achieve remarkable milestones.
After the approximately two-hour meeting, National Security Adviser Major Gen. Bafana Monguno (retd) briefed State House correspondents. He revealed that the President had instructed the heads of security agencies to present their strategic plans.
The meeting served as an opportunity for the President to receive updates on the activities of various security formations and convey his expectations and philosophy to the security heads.
He said, “The President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces has just concluded a meeting of the general security appraisal committee consisting of the Chief of Staff service chiefs Inspector General of Police, and heads of the intelligence agencies.
“This is the very first meeting he’s had with the heads of the security agencies. The meeting lasted for two hours.
“Having been briefed by the participants of the meeting, Mr. President addressed prevailing issues confronting the nation in terms of insecurity and also mentioned his own philosophy towards dealing with national security issues.
“First and foremost, he appreciated the armed forces and intelligence agencies and the wider paramilitary agencies for the work they have been doing in the past couple of years. Their sacrifice their loyalty, and he also paid tribute to those who died in defending this country from the great big menace of terrorism, insurgency banditry, oil theft, sea robbery, piracy, etc.
“The President has made it very clear that he’s determined to build on whatever gains that have been made and to reverse misfortunes and turn the tide in our favor.
“As far as he’s concerned, this country should not be on its knees struggling while other countries are working and achieving greater heights.”
President Tinubu said in moving the country forward, he needs the security agencies to redouble their efforts, stressing that his own philosophy is one of contemporary security measures dealing with the requirements of the time.
According to the NSA, “He has made it very clear that he will not accept a situation in which our fortunes keep declining. And his own trajectory is that national security has to be coordinated, there has to be whatever…whether it is a basket system, but there must be a clearing house.
“All agencies must work to achieve one single purpose. Working at cross purposes and colliding with each other is not something that he will condone. He has made it very, very clear that all the security agencies must comply with the demands of coordination, with the demands of frequent consultations and also timely reports, which must be acted on.
“He is going to embark on a lot of reforms in terms of our security architecture; he is going to take a closer look at our misfortunes in the maritime domain, focusing particularly on the issues of oil theft, that as far as he is concerned, he is not going to tolerate oil theft Wherever the problem is coming from it must be crushed as soon as possible.
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President Tinubu has promptly directed the security agencies to develop a blueprint within the limited time available. He emphasized the situation’s urgency and expressed his firm belief that swift action is necessary. Any necessary adjustments or reforms must be implemented without delay.
“The President also has decided that whatever ventures the armed forces are going to be engaged in, they must carry along those operatives in the theatre. They must be well-fed, well-kitted, motivated, and given all that they require.
“President has said clearly that he will do whatever is within his powers to enable the operational elements but the intelligence agencies must also make their work easy for them by providing the type of intelligence that they require to carry out the assignment.”
