A clear cut set of strategies to curb and curtail the proliferation of small and light weapons would be developed soon, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN).
Prof. Osinbajo hinted this at a meeting he held on Monday morning with top security chiefs and members of the Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons on the instruction of the President.
At the last National Security Council meeting, President Muhammadu Buhari had directed the Vice President to chair a committee to review the report of the Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons, constituted in April 2013 by the then Federal Government.
In line with that presidential directive, Osinbajo on Monday chaired the inaugural meeting of the review committee, calling for the development of clear cut, specific line of action to address the serious problems of small arms and light weapons, many of which fuel the insurgency in the North East and other security challenges in the country
The Vice President noted that the seriousness of the matter had necessitated the setting up of the review committee.
He said “the problem we have at hand is really enormous”, adding that this was why the President is keen on effective and prompt solutions.
Members of the review committee present at the meeting included the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Ministers of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno; Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali (retd); Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar; Chief of Defence Intelligence, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Usman; and the Chairman of PRESCOM, Ambassador Emmanuel Imohe.
Others included the representatives of the Director General of the Department of State Services and the Ministry of Defence.
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