On Friday, President Bola Tinubu urged the UN to support Nigeria’s battle against terrorism in a more practical way.
During a meeting at the State House on Thursday with Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office on Counter-Terrorism, the President underlined that terrorism has regularly reversed development gains and increased instability in families and communities.
“We appreciate all that you have been doing. We know that in the face of many demands and challenges, you can still do much better. We can score you ‘A’ in collaboration but ‘B’ in physical support. You have to do more because terrorism is an effective danger to democracy; terrorism is also an effective danger to development.
“Growth and prosperity cannot be achieved until we banish terrorism. We have to equally look at other sides of the issue, and I have said it is the where, how, and when of terrorism,” the 71-year-old Nigerian president said.
