We are not getting enough foreign support – Lai Mohammed

The federal government yesterday lamented that global powers were deliberately blocking Nigeria’s moves to acquire the needed armament and support to end terrorism and insurgency in the country.

The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who stated this in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, yesterday, described the action of the world powers as deleterious, noting that it is a ploy to frustrate Nigeria’s resolve to end the twin-menace as well as end extremism.

Speaking with journalists on the side-lines of a visit he paid to Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, the minister said notwithstanding the frustrations, the federal government would fight terrorism and insurgency to a logical conclusion.

“We will never stop protecting lives and livelihoods. However, we must also understand that we are dealing with terrorists who are financed globally and we also need more support from global partners.

“For instance, Nigeria had made attempts to acquire better and more effective weapons to deal with the terrorists, but for one reason or the other we have been denied this platforms” the Minister lamented .

The minister also condemned the mindless killing of innocent Nigerian farmers by extremists in Borno last week.