BRITISH High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has expressed concern over the worsening security situation in the country, pledging that, her country, the United Kingdom (UK) government was eager to help the Nigerian government wins its fight against insecurity.
Laing, made this known while speaking on the sidelines of the reception for returning 2019/2020 UK Chevening Scholarship beneficiaries, yesterday, in Abuja.
She said “We are extremely concerned about the deteriorating security situation.
I mean, Nigeria is facing a lot of problems everywhere – in the North-East, terrorism; in the North-West, banditry, kidnapping; in the Middle Belt, farmers-herders conflict; in the South, the Niger Delta conflict; and the secession movements in the South-East. So, Nigeria is really struggling.”
The British envoys assured the Nigerian government of help from the UK government and that elicited plaudits from leaders of ethnic nationalities across the country.
Among those who welcomed the UK’s offer of assistance to tackle the raging storm of insecurity were the Pan-Yoruba Socio-Political group, Afenifere; Apex Igbo Socio-Cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo; the Northern Elders Forum, NEF; and the Middle-Belt Forum, MBF.
