Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged Nigerians in the Diaspora not to rely entirely on social media reports on the security challenges facing the country.

Speaking at a townhall meeting in New York on Sunday evening, Osinbajo said the social media “tends to be hysterical about practically everything”.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vice president spoke in response to several questions and comments on the security situation back home.

Many members of the audience had taken turns to express concern about the reported spate of killings and kidnapping back home, and wanted to know what the government is doing to address the situation.

He said, “With respect to general kidnapping which we have seen in parts of the country, again, this is not entirely new.

“In fact, some of the kidnapping stories you read or listen to are simply not true anywhere, some are fuelled by politics.

“There are cases of kidnapping, no question at all about that, but some of the more dramatic stories that you hear are simply not true.

“Every report of kidnapping we receive, we try to verify, and at the end of the day you find out that people just tell all sorts of stories,” he said.

The vice president said the Federal Government was working with the states to check kidnapping where it was actually taking place, using technology to track the perpetrators.

He said the efforts were already yielding results with several arrests made by security agencies in affected areas.

Osinbajo said the government was capable of addressing the security challenges, assuring Nigerians that the news “will be a lot better very soon”.

Turning to banditry and farmers/herders clashes in the north west and central, the vice president described them as “resource conflicts”.

According to him, banditry especially in Zamfara and Katsina was more of a fight over the control of mining sites by armed groups.

He said the government was taking several measures, including shutting down the mines, to address the problem.

“In the north central, we have the livestock transformation plan to address the farmers/herders conflict.

“Ultimately, it is ranching that will solve the problem because you cannot have people wandering across the the country with their cattle.

“It is not helpful to them, this they know, because ranching is more convenient and profitable.

“So, we are building herd dams in the northern states so that people don’t necessarily come down south in search for water and green pastures for their herds.

“We are also trying to ensure we provide grazing areas before we come to cattle routes,” he added.

Osinbajo said in fairness to herders, the livestock sector had not enjoyed the kind of government’s funding and support accorded farmers over the years.

He stated that there was also need for government’s intervention in livestock, and solicited private sector support and investment in that area.(NAN)




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Yes! PDP propaganda is everywhere. PDP have no love for Nigeria or Nigerians. They just want to impoverish Nigerians and act like saviours while doing the deed.

social media in Nigeria is a tool for interracial activities of the underlying circumference of a conference in which youths of various age tend to increase the velocity of a soak away by means of increase and subtraction without necessarily coming together as ants and buffalo in the open field of love

Be wary of social media reports and not the Fulani heardsmen, bandits, kidnappers, boko haram.

Osibanjo at his razor sharp best

Good Journalism is dying in Nigeria. Sensational journalism is now the order of the day just for click baits.

Why this pastor dey lie like this lie Mohammed gon go dey giv him gbosa

na so

Good one from d pastor

As usual he will seat down and be lying there. People that don't accept responsibility on places they have failed have no business ruling but the Nigerians who stand in queue to vote all this are the ones getting the larger share of the insecurity

noted!


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Its important this warning is given cos anyhow individual will just post gibberish and before you know it has spread like fire

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Nigerian need to be more wary of Osibande and the dullard terrorist general simpl

Same old stories. We should be creating result oriented approach to this problems but the government would rather soothe say it or place blames on either the media or the opposition as usual. Audio government no Visual

They don start their next level denial

After regulating what the media houses post about security so that people don't get to know the rate of damages going on now and seeing now that the only option Nigerians have left is the social media which is very difficult for them to regulate, they have come to tell us not to believe what we see there.

Me I will believe it o because I know when I see genuine articles and news online...

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Oh my!

Issoke

This man is evil

We should be more wary of the VP on this issue. The truth remains that insecurity in Naija is at its climax and there are many cases of unreported attacks and kidnappings on daily basis. Na who we offend?

Crooked pastor.

tell that to the dead and those left to mourn them