Matawalle also assured that President Tinub is working round the clock to make Nigeria a better and more secure place
By Kehinde Okeowo
Nigerians have been warned to desist from using “inflammatory language” against the government by the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle.
His warning came via a statement issued in Abuja by his ministry’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike, who said the directive came against the backdrop of some unguarded utterances coming from some quarters of the country due to the security challenges in the country.
“Such comments are incitive and destructive and can exacerbate tensions and lead to violence in our beloved nation,” Matawalle said in the statement.
He went on to assure that President Bola Tinubu has the capacity and political will and is working round the clock to make Nigeria a better and more secure place.
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The minister also pointed out the various policies the government had put in place to reshape and modernise the nation’s economy as well as to secure the lives, liberty and property of the citizenry.
He said that the president has given priority to the safety of citizens by equipping the Nigerian military to function optimally, while the service chiefs have also been charged with rebuilding the capacity of the security services.
“Just recently, the president approved the creation of a committee that included the state governors and federal representatives that will explore, among other things, the possibility of establishing state police that will help in checking crimes,” he added.