Security is an ongoing issue that needs to constantly be reviewed – Adesina

By our reporter| Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina on Sunday pleaded with Nigerians to exercise patience with the Federal Government as it grapples with issues of insecurity in the country.

Adesina who made the plea while responding to a question on how long Nigerians has to wait for the issue of security to be resolved on Channels Television programme, said security is not something that a timeline can be put on, rather it is an ongoing issue that needs to constantly be reviewed.

He said, “Patience must be elastic, it’s not something that you get to a point and say patience has run out. Patience must be a continuous thing.”

“There are certain things in which you don’t have control of all the variables. If you don’t have all the variables, you don’t then begin to give timelines. And security is not one of those things that you will give a timeline to say by this time to this time, we will achieve this.

“All over the world, security is a continuous thing and even the most advanced countries, are still working at it”.

Reminded that President Muhammadu Buhari had hinged his 2015 election on three major promises – fighting security, anti-corruption, and economic development, Adesina insists that “security remains a work in progress”.

According to him, there was once a time in the country when cases of bombings, kidnappings, and other forms of insecurity occurred nearly on a daily basis and he believes that although work still needs to be done, there has been a huge improvement.

“Let’s be thankful for small mercies,” he urged Nigerians, adding that “there are challenges, but that is not the constant”.

With Channels Television report