Leverage Technology to Fight Insecurity, Osinbajo Tasks Armed Forces Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday tasked the Armed Forces of Nigeria to leverage digital technology in the fight against terrorism and othe
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday tasked the Armed Forces of Nigeria to leverage digital technology in the fight against terrorism and other forms of insecurity in the country.
“We must come up with the policing of our borders or intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tools aimed at identifying criminal elements within our coastal waters or locating terrorists hiding within the general population. “This can inflict damage on Nigeria’s cyber-infrastructure and compromise critical economic sectors such as telecommunications and financial services,” he said.
“We see cyberspace as part of our strategic domain and have rolled out legislative and policy measures in the form of the Cybercrimes Act of 2015 and the National Data Protection Policy to safeguard our cyberinfrastructure. According to him, aside from the threat of environmental damage as a threat multiplier, desert encroachment and severe weather conditions can create new socioeconomic problems.
Osinbajo also called for the building of local defence capabilities, noting that the procurement of arms was often subjected to the vagaries of geopolitics, geoeconomics and the caprices of the international arms industry. According to him, it would open a new frontier of economic growth by advancing Nigeria’s industrial aspirations with the salutary effect of creating jobs for the people.
He commended the leadership of the NDA for initiating a paradigm shift in the training and education of cadets and postgraduate students.