The Minister of Information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has revealed that the matching order issued by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Service chiefs is now yielding results in the fight against insecurity in the country. The Minister made these remarks in Kano yesterday during a two days National Conference on Culture, peace and National Security, a program organized by the National Institute for Cultural Orientation, NICO. Mr. Mohammed in his statement said, “The military has recorded successes in neutralizing the activities of bandits, terrorists, kidnappers, and other forms of criminality across the country,”
The Minister was represented by the Director, International Cultural Relations Memunat Idu-Isa who disclosed that the federal government has also transmitted two bills on explosive transportation and control of small arms and light weapons to the National Assembly for ratification.
He also added that “, the present administration is having constructive and meaningful engagement with member states of ECOWAS, and other regional blocks to decisively tackle insecurity in Nigeria,”
Fake news, hate speech, and misinformation have immensely contributed to the wave of insecurity in Nigeria at the present the minister explained.
Earlier in his contribution, the Executive Secretary of NICO, Ado Mohammed Yahuza disclosed that the conference was an inauguration program of the institute to correlate the relationship between culture and National development.
In his statement, “To achieve that, the institute every year focuses on important stakeholders and sensitizes them. This is to appreciate their unique role in promoting the culture of peace and non-violence in Nigeria,”