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November 12, 2019
The Minister of Defence BashirMagashi, has urged the Defence Attachés/Advisers to develop new strategiestowards addressing the security threats bedevilling the country.
Magashi gave the charge at theopening of the Defence Advisers/Attachés 2019 Annual Conference organised bythe Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA in Abuja, with the  theme: “EnhancingInter Agency Collaboration in response to Current and Anticipated Threats inNigeria’s Security Environment: The Role of the Defence Attachés System”.
He said that owing to the fact thatthe nation’s security challenges had taken a different dimension in recentyears, there was need to evaluate and review the strategies in order to evolvea new defence system.
According to the Minister, beyond theinsurgency in the North East, other contemporary security threats ranging fromkidnapping, cattle rustling, farmer-herders’ clashes and  banditry havecontinued to threaten the nation.
Earlier, the Chief of DefenceIntelligence, Air Vice Marshal Sani Usman, that the theme of the conference wasa clear indication of DIA’s focus within the overall government’s efforts atensuring the security and prosperity of the country.