What the president wants us to do
The NSA said President Buhari had directed him to work with the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami to tackle some issues.
Monguno also said the president was disturbed by lack of synergy among the security agencies.
He said: “A meeting was just concluded between Mr. President and heads of the security agencies, that is the operational heads consisting of the minister of defence, the service chiefs and on the other hand, the intelligence components that consist of myself and the intelligence heads.
“Today’s meeting basically focused on recent developments. Mr. President has expressed great concern over the declining security situation in the country. He is extremely unhappy about what is happening and he feels that, even though the security agencies are doing their best, their best is not good enough for him and wants an immediate reversal of the current trend and immediate reversal of our misfortunes in all their dimensions.
“He also stated that no one was forced on him, he selected everyone individually based on what he feels their records had revealed and therefore, it is up to individual organisation to live up to the expectations.
“He also pointed out the immediate areas of concern and these areas are also interlinked and we must find a way out, especially the issue of proliferation of drugs, small arms and light weapons. These two issues also go hand in hand with the major issues of criminality in this country…,” he said.