A 13-man committee has been set up by the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to analyse the security of the country’s borders.
The committee is composed of representatives from the ministry, the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Federal Fire Service, the Border Community Development Agency, the Community Boundary Commission, and an outside expert.
The minister gave the “Integrated Border Governance Committee” the go-ahead to create a strategy to sufficiently safeguard Nigeria’s borders.
The committee had 18 weeks to complete its assignments.
According to a statement released on Saturday by the ministry’s director of press, Afonja Ajibola, the committee was established during a presentation on border management and control by a consultant in the minister’s office.
“Tunji-Ojo instructed that the committee should endeavour to have a robust deliberation and create a border management plan that is implementable to secure the country.
“Border management is the aspect of internal security which he said is a massive task which requires the synergy of all critical stakeholders,” it said.
cc: Punch Ng
