The Federal Government has dismissed comments credited to the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, that the Boko Haram insurgents are better armed and better motivated than the Nigerian Army. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupke addressed newsmen on Tuesday insisting that the Federal Government is winning the war on terrorrism.
Okupe insisted that the statement made by the Borno State Governor was based on a civilian perspective. He noted that the Governor does not have the expertise to classify the weapons possessed by the Federal Government.
“It is wrong for anyone, Nigerian or foreigner, to assert that our armed forces cannot defeat the Boko Haram insurgents or to insinuate that the insurgents are better armed.
“We believe strongly that the statement made by the Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, that the insurgents are better armed than our military is based purely on a civilian perception of the situation at hand.
“It is clear that Governor Shettima does not have the expertise to categorize or classify the effectiveness of any weapon.
“We state categorically that the Nigerian military is one of the best equipped in Africa and that in 2014, the Federal Government made budgetary provision in excess of N1 trillion for the military and other security agencies, an amount, which is about 22 percent of our entire national budget for this year.
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