By Our Reporter
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said that the Federal Government will soon reveal the identities of individuals and networks responsible for financing terrorism in the country.
Bwala made this disclosure on Sunday during an interview on a programme on Television Continental, saying that the Tinubu administration was already taking far-reaching decisions on national security, which he said would soon become clear to Nigerians.
According to him, the current administration is intensifying its efforts to counter the terrorists threat and will soon expose those financing and enabling terrorist activities across the country.
The presidential aide noted that terrorism had evolved into a global menace that transcends national borders, making international collaboration essential in tackling its spread.
This was just as he stated that world powers increasingly recognized the need to support countries like Nigeria, where extremist groups had sought to expand their operations, sadly noting that extremist activities once concentrated in parts of the Middle East had gradually shifted towards the Sahel, creating new centres of instability that demand stronger regional and international coordination.
"Since the events of 9/11, terrorism has been treated as a global security issue. Any nation where terrorists operate becomes a concern to the rest of the world.
"This is why international partners must continue to cooperate with Nigeria in our efforts to dismantle terrorist networks," Bwala said.
It would be recalled that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu rejected the growing reliance on private military and security contractors in conflict zones in Africa, warning that their involvement undermines sovereignty and complicates counter-terrorism operations across the continent.
Speaking during the first plenary session on "Peace, Security, Governance and Multilateralism" at the 7th African Union–European Union Summit in Luanda, Angola, Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, told Heads of State and EU leaders that peace efforts must be led and owned by African governments rather than outsourced to private actors with opaque mandates.
"We stand resolutely against the use of private military and security companies in African conflicts, as their presence often complicates resolution efforts and undermines state sovereignty," he said.
The president argued that Africa’s security challenges, from terrorism to transnational organised crime, require coordinated state-driven responses, not parallel forces that weaken command structures, saying that Nigeria’s position aligned with its long-standing approach to regional peace missions under ECOWAS and the AU.
He also warned that the global shift away from multilateralism had created a more fragile security environment, noting that the EU remained one of the few platforms still engaging Africa on a "continent-to-continent basis, anchored on mutual respect and shared aspirations."
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