President Tinubu has ordered massive Police and Military Recruitment while declaring Nationwide Security Emergency.
NaijaOnPoint Nigeria reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a nationwide security emergency and directed the Nigerian Police Force and the Armed Forces to embark on an expanded recruitment drive to tackle escalating insecurity across the country.
The directive was issued on Wednesday in an official statement released from the State House.
According to the statement, President Tinubu has approved the recruitment of an additional 20,000 police personnel, raising the total number of new officers slated for enlistment to 50,000. He also authorised the temporary use of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps as training centres to accelerate the mobilisation process.
The President warned criminal elements that the government’s restraint should not be mistaken for weakness, declaring that security agencies have been fully empowered to take decisive action.
Tinubu also appealed for unity, vigilance, and collaboration with law enforcement agencies.
“We are in this fight together, and together we shall win,” the President said.
The nationwide security emergency marks one of Tinubu’s most sweeping responses yet to the country’s worsening security challenges.