The Federal Government has launched a five-year strategic plan to address internal security across the country.
According to The PUNCH, this was disclosed by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in his remarks on Tuesday at the launching of the Five Year Strategic Plan of the Ministry and its Services/Board in Abuja.
Aregbesola said that by leveraging the Ministry’s strengths and position, the plan would have a major influence on the pressing problems threatening Nigeria’s internal security.
The Minister said, “The Ministry of Interior is integral to national security and prosperity in a way that many do not readily grasp. These are done through the four services of Nigeria Immigration Service; Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps; Nigeria Correctional Service; and the Federal Fire Service.
“These services are essential to the security of any nation and the well-being of the people. Though there are still challenges here and there, thousands of thousands of cases that would have put the nation into chaos are addressed daily and nipped in the bud.
“There is the need therefore to have a holistic long-term plan for these agencies and other operating arms of the Ministry for their operations to be enhanced and for them to be more successful in their mission.”
He went on to say that available data and evidence demonstrate that the Ministry of Interior has been operating without a strategic plan.
“It is therefore a key part of achieving the Ministry’s mandate, strategic goals and objectives by defining and articulating an executable Five Year Strategic Plan roadmap focused on shaping its future direction while the document is underpinned by the essential synergy necessary for actualising the core mandate of the Ministry which is effective internal security management and citizenship integrity,” Aregbesola noted.
