Security Challenges: FG Raises Alarm Over Chemical, Nuclear Attacks, Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 22, 2019
The Federal Governmenthas raised the alarm that Boko Haram terrorist group’s alliance with theIslamic State of Iraq and Syria raises the possibility of it deployingchemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive attacks in thefuture.
It also noted that theproliferation of the CBRNE weapons, their means of delivery, the spreading oftechnological skills required for their production and the possibility of theiruse constitute a threat to national security.
The FederalGovernment, however, stressed that there is the need for a counter-strategy toaddress the threat.
This was contained in a document, titled ‘National Security Strategy’, whose preface was written by the President Muhammadu Buhari and was released by the Office of the National Security Adviser.
According to the National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno the document is to ensure that “Nigeria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, national interests, well-being of the people and the country’s institutions are preserved, protected and enhanced.”