By Bukola Kayode
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of armed forest guards to secure Nigeria’s 1,129 forests from terrorists and kidnappers.
Majority of kidnap victims are kept captive in the country’s tick forests.
The approval of forest guards was announced on Wednesday by Sunday Dare, the special adviser to President Tinubu on Media and Public Communication on his official X account.
The President directed that the forest guards be well-trained and armed to carry out their primary duty of flushing out terrorists and other criminals hiding in the forests for illegal activities. The recruitment is a collaborative security effort between the federal and state governments.
“The Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the Ministry of Environment have been tasked with overseeing and ensuring the full implementation of the initiative.
“Thousands of young Nigerians are expected to be employed as personnel of the newly established outfit.
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