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From Okwe Obi, Abuja
Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Gbenga Daniel, has said the fight against insecurity required the collective efforts of citizens.
This is even as he reiterated the willingness of the Federal Government to protect the country’s waterways.
He charged citizens to take up the fight against insecurity by providing timely information to security agencies for prompt action.
The former Ogun State governor, spoke yesterday in Abuja on the sideline of an award ceremony organised by the University of Abuja’s Sustainable Development Centre (SDC) in honour of the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Professor Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, was awarded as the “Best Performed” vice- chancellor of the institution.
He said: “If you take a look at what is going on, you will see that a lot of work is going on. If you take time to look at the media, you will appreciate that the Navy has done well.
“Just yesterday, you must have heard report of so many vehicles that have been apprehended, that were try to make away with our common wealth by way of bunkering and stealing.
“When you look at the way this thing is done is in the death of the night, you have to salute the courage of our security personnel.
“And the Navy being in charge of the waterways are on to of this. They are doing well. There is always room for improvement.”
On the celebration of the vice chancellor he said: “The reason I came to honour this institution is the fact that usually in our country we do not have opportunity to celebrate goodness.
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“It is all about one thing going wrong or the other. So in that kind of environment when you see someone doing well, I take time to come and show solidarity.”
On his part, the out-going Vice Chancellor, said the repositioned institution can serve as a catalyst for Nigeria’s greatness and development.
Na’Allah, said the introduction of strategic courses/centres such as the SDC, leadership centre, security centre, aeronautical engineering, nuclear engineering among others has positioned the university as a catalyst to fast track the nation’s development.
“The SDC is one of our great centres established to respond to the need of our world.
“Sustainable development is at the centre of the strategy of the UN to save our world from calamity, so at University of Abuja we have put together this centre as a solution centre for Nigeria and the world.
Director, SDC, Prof. Sule Magaji, said the centre was out to champion holistic sustainable development and inspire students for a better tomorrow.
Magaji emphasised the need for all hands to be on deck to achieve the SDG goals and evolve a better society.
Acting Director of the Nigeria Army Heritage and Future Centre, Brig. Gen. Adewale Adekoya, expressed optimism that the SDC will give the necessary push in Nigeria achieving the SDGs.
Adekoya, who is an out-going PhD student of the SDC, said the Centre thrives on impacting applicable contemporary studies that will help achieve the SDGs and develop the nation.
