Don’t Politicise National Security, Arewa Youths Warn

Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) has reiterated its enactment and assurance successful Nigeria’s existent harvest of information chiefs, cautioning against what it described arsenic attempts by “unpatriotic elements” to politicise matters of nationalist information for idiosyncratic and fiscal gain.

In a connection issued to journalists yesterday successful Abuja, the publicity caput of the Assembly, Aliyu Muhammad, condemned caller calls for the removal of work chiefs, insisting specified actions are not lone misguided but unsafe to the ongoing efforts to stabilise the country.

According to him, replacing the nation’s information enactment astatine this captious juncture would magnitude to a “reckless and momentous mistake” that could reverse gains made successful the combat against insurgency, terrorism, banditry, and different forms of criminality.

“Our nation’s information should not beryllium politicised successful immoderate way. A abrupt alteration successful the information architecture would interrupt stableness and continuity, and make openings for insurgents portion caller Service Chiefs effort to find their footing,” the connection read.

The radical claimed that definite individuals with “myopic knowledge” of information affairs were spreading misinformation and engaging successful “serial blackmail” for selfish purposes, and urged Nigerians to disregard specified voices.

Highlighting the achievements of the information agencies nether the existent leadership, the radical listed respective milestones including: “Decisive counter-insurgency operations successful the North-East starring to the elimination of respective high-ranking Boko Haram and ISWAP commanders.

“Degradation of bandit strongholds successful forested areas crossed Zamfara, Kaduna, and Niger states.

“Successful rescues of kidnapped individuals and arrests of thousands of transgression suspects nationwide.

“Enhanced civil-military relations done aesculapian outreach and improvement programs successful struggle zones.

“Significant simplification successful crude lipid theft via improved surveillance and demolition of amerciable refineries successful the Niger Delta.

“Improved inter-agency quality sharing, contributing to the prevention of coordinated attacks and threats.”

The Assembly noted that these strides are successful enactment with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, peculiarly arsenic it relates to information and stableness crossed the country.

Rather than dismissing the work chiefs, the Arewa Youth Assembly called connected Nigerians to transmission their efforts towards supporting, encouraging, and backing the information agencies to prolong and deepen their successes.

“Our corporate vigor indispensable beryllium invested successful supporting these gallant officers who person sacrificed their comfortableness and lives for our bid and security,” the radical added.

The AYA concluded by urging citizens to emergence supra governmental sentiments and lend to the combat against coercion and criminality, emphasising patriotism, unity, and vigilance arsenic captious tools successful preserving nationalist security.