WorldStage Newsonline– President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru have vowed that killers of military personnel in Delta community will face the full wrath of the law in order to curtail attacks on military and security infrastructure.
Tinubu said this when he hosted the leadership of the Senate to a dinner to break the Ramadan fast at the State House on Thursday in Abuja.
He said that the military would continue to enjoy the support of his administration in neutralising security threats across the country.
“Our armed forces are working hard, and we will not allow attackers to undermine the integrity and value of our armed forces and its leadership.
“We will continue to encourage and fight for our sovereignty, our individual rights to exist, and we will succeed in banishing poverty from our land,’’ the President stated.
On the issue of budget padding, Tinubu said that the integrity of the National Assembly must remain intact and that his administration would always encourage cooperation for the advancement of the nation.
“I know the arithmetic of the budget and the numbers that I brought to the National Assembly, and I know what numbers came back. I appreciate all of you for the expeditious handling of the budget. Thank you very much.
“Those who are talking about malicious embellishment in the budget; they did not understand the arithmetic and did not refer to the baseline of what I brought. But your integrity is intact.
“I am grateful for what you have been doing. The natural challenge we are facing will be over.
“On the current economic difficulty, we are about turning the corner. Our revenue has improved. All we have to do is to control expenditure and manage ourselves better,” the President said.
Tinubu thanked members of the National Assembly for the speedy attention given to the Student Loan Amendment Bill, urging more tolerance, forgiveness, and charity during Ramadan.
In his remarks, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, thanked the President for hosting the lawmakers, noting that regular interactions would enhance understanding and productive governance.
“We bring you greetings from the 10th senate. We bring you assurances of continuous collaboration.
Akpabio said that with a President, his Vice and the Chief of Staff as members of the National Assembly, they have no option than to give the executive full cooperation to succeed.
DEFENCE MINISTER
On his part, the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru assured that those who killed the 16 army personnel in Delta would not go scot free.
The minister also assured that the school children abducted in Kuriga, Kaduna State, would be rescued and reunited with their families.
Badaru made the commitments while addressing troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army on Thursday in Kaduna.
Nobody kills military personnel and go scot free, he said, assuring the troops that the defence ministry is not relenting in bringing the killers to book.
He said President Bola Tinubu is aware of the sacrifices the armed forces are doing to safeguard the country and its people.
“He is asking you to do more and more until the issue of insecurity is ended.
“With you we have the power, will, strength and determination to do it.
“We also know what you have been doing to rescue the kidnapped school children, and I am sure we will rescue them and unite them with their parents.
“The strategy that has been briefed is going on very well,” he said.
Badaru thanked all personnel of the Nigerian military for their galantry and efforts to make the nation very secure.
The 16 military personnel were killed in an ambush i Okuama community in Delta while on a peace mission on March 14.
President Tinubu has announced plan to give the deceased a posthumous national recognition and honour.
