Governor Aminu Waziri of Sokoto State has commended the Nigerian Armed Forces for doing their best to keep the country united over the years, while reiterating his earlier call for more efforts to be made to combat Nigeria’s security challenges.
Tambuwal stated this on Friday at an event to mark the Armed Forces Remembrance Day held at Ahmad Maigero Open Theatre in Sokoto, the state capital.
“We need to actually do more to re-secure this country,” he said, just as he appealed to the security forces for inter-agency cooperation, commitment to their official pledge and sink renewed energy in rescuing the country from insecurity.
He also commended them “for doing their best in keeping the country together over the years; and particularly with all the current challenges that we have like Boko Haram, banditry, kidnapping and the rest of it.”
“I will like to commiserate and condole all the families of those who lost their loved ones on the lines of duty in the service of this country.
“It has always been our prayers that God Almighty shall forgive their shortcomings and admit them into his paradise,” he prayed.
Highlight of the ceremony was the laying of wreath by Governor Tambuwal and his Deputy, Manir Muhammad Dan Iya, the Speaker of Sokoto State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Muhammad Achida and representatives of the Armed Forces in the state.
The occasion also featured three gun shots, inspection of a guard of honour by Governor Tambuwal and the release of pigeons as a symbol of peace and unity.