Buhari Explains How His Administration Has Done Well In North East, Reopening Of Borders

Buhari has explained how his administration has done well in term of security in the North-East, and reopening Nigeria’s borders.

OnyxNews Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari said his administration has done well in the North- East and South-South, adding that the South-South situation was still troublesome.

“Every day I get situation reports about illegal refineries and the blowing up of pipelines. You must stop local rogues from sabotaging oil installations,” he told the governors on Tuesday during meeting with the 36 states governors in the country.

OnyxNews Nigeria also reports that the president said Nigeria’s borders with other neighbouring countries in West Africa would be reopened soon.

In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this during a security meeting with the states governors held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the nation’s capital.

He explained that closure of Nigeria’s land borders was targeted at checking the importation of weapons and drugs into the country.

Buhari asked the state governors to work more with traditional rulers and community members to improve local intelligence gathering for the security agencies.

President Buhari’s words: “Now that the message has sunk in with our neighbours, we are looking into reopening the borders as soon as possible.

“The sub-region is no longer safe, more so with the collapse of the former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi’s regime and the cross border movement of weapons and criminals.”

“Governors must work with traditional rulers. Try and work with traditional rulers to boost intelligence gathering.”