Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, has emphasised the urgent need for Nigeria to advance efforts in order to protect citizens, in the face of security challenges bedeviling the country.
The governor made the reiteration during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day held at Ahmad Maigero Open Theatre in Sokoto on Friday.
He commended Nigerian military for their efforts in keeping the country united over the years.
“We need to actually do more to re-secure this country,” he said, while appealing to security forces to collaborate between themselves, show commitment to their official pledge and sink their energy into rescuing the country totally.
According to Tambuwal, the security forces should “continue to work in synergy, …live up to their oath of office” and give their best to the service of the country.
He also commended them “for doing their best in keeping the country together over the years; and particularly with all the current challenges that we have like Boko Haram, banditry, kidnapping and the rest of it.”
“I will like to commiserate and condole all the families of those who lost their loved ones on the lines of duty in the service of this country.
“It has always been our prayers that God Almighty shall forgive their shortcomings and admit them into his paradise,” he prayed.
Highlight of the ceremony was the laying of wreath by governor Tambuwal and deputy governor, Manir Dan Iya, the Speaker of Sokoto State House of Assembly, Aminu Achida and representatives of the armed forces in the state.
