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General News of Friday, 20 August 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

'Nowhere is safe worldwide if terrorism thrives' - Lai Mohammed says

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has stated that terrorism is a worldwide issue and no country in the world is safe if it is allowed to pervade in any corner of the world.

He made the statement in Washington DC during his on-going engagement with various global media outlets, global think tanks and influencers.

According to reports, the engagement is to aid Lai Mohammed to put the correct narratives about what is happening in Nigeria, showcase government achievements and present challenges facing the country.

In his interaction with Reuters, Washington Post and Bloomberg Quicktake, the minister underscored the need for the developed world to see terrorism as a global threat and handle it as such.

“Terrorism is global and has no boundary. For the world to be saved, every corner of the world must be saved.

“We can see from the example of the U.S., where Taliban takes over Afghanistan, a pointer to how difficult it is to fight terrorism driven by ideology.

“The western world should look into helping developing nations like Nigeria in developing their infrastructure.

“This will help to create employment and quality livelihood that will make it difficult for ideological group like Boko Haram to recruit the youths.

“If what happened in Afghanistan is something to go by, then the Federal Government should be given kudos for the way it has handled insurgency in the last couple of years.

“The lessons from Afghanistan today is that for over 20 years of American intervention and over a trillion-dollar spent and thousands of American lives lost, it took the Taliban just a few weeks to recapture Afghanistan.

“This should be a lesson for everybody that when you are fighting an insurgency or movement driven by ideology, it is always difficult to overcome and you must be resourceful, deploying both kinetic and non-kinetic approach.

“When people were saying we should invite mercenaries, the president was focused and maintained that our military has what it takes," he said.