By Ayodele Oni
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mallam Mohammed Idris has said that the administration will continue to keep abreast the international community on efforts Curtail insecurity in the country
The minister pointed out that President Bola Tinubu remains calm despite threats by the United States, (US) President Donald Trump over the security situation in Nigeria.
In an interview shortly after meeting with President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the minister stated that the President continues to be committed to efforts at making Nigeria safer for all Nigerians, irrespective of tribes, religions or any kind of differences.
Idris said: ‘Mr President is calm. He is looking at the whole situation; he is looking at the ways and means of ensuring that the international community understands what we have been doing.
‘Only last week or two weeks ago, Mr. President, in his own desire to rekindle the security architecture of the country, reinvigorated the hierarchy of the armed forces.
A new Chief of Defence Staff and other service chiefs were appointed. Now, this is all the issues that came out of the United States. So, that tells you that Mr. President has been working assiduously to ensure that Nigeria is a country that remains safer for all Nigerians to live in.
“We are looking at all the issues, and we don’t want to overheat the discussions. But work is ongoing, and we have also opened channels of communication so that the international community will understand what Nigeria has been doing better.
“Also what we intend to further do to ensure that whatever concerns that there are, either domestically here or from the international community, are answered.”
On what to further do to douse tension among the religious groups in the country, the minister said that the administration continue to engage religious leaders.
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