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Speaking at a meeting with the Global Director (Upstream) of the Royal Dutch Shell Group, Andrew Brown, President Buhari said he has directed the Chief of Naval Staff to reorganise and strengthen the military Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta to deal effectively with the resurgence of militancy and the sabotage of oil installation

All things considered, our major priority beyond the billions of naira approved for various portions of the budget is how the contents of this working document will in the end be utilized in a way as to mitigate the sufferings of a vast majority of Nigerians who had, with the commencement of this administration, expected programme redirection and policy implementation that would vigorously improve their standard of living

In an open letter to the President, Club De Pals expressed concern that it was becoming worrisome that despite the global attention which the genocidal attacks in some parts of the state have generated, the Federal Government continues to pay lip service to a crisis that has claimed several lives

For some anxious period, the activities of the insurgents, their fire-power and the ill-prepared and ill- equipped response by the nation’s security forces resulted in a situation where the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the nation was at stake. This happened when the nation’s security forces could not contain and defeat the terrorists, and in shocking moves, swathes of Nigeria’s territory in the form of some local governments and communities in places far from the presence of our security forces were commandeered and taken over by these insurgents

As a Christian leader, the President commended the relentless efforts, sacrifices and the grace of God upon the life of the General Overseer, who has over the years propagated the gospel around the world, organized large gathering of Christian worshipers and consistently counselled leaders and their citizens on living right before God