FG steps up efforts to curb illicit arms proliferation in Nigeria

The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), operating nether the Office of the National Security Adviser, has stepped up efforts to curb the dispersed of illicit arms crossed Nigeria done enhanced collaboration with cardinal stakeholders.

As portion of the initiative, the Director-General of the Centre, Johnson Kokumo, undertook a three-day moving sojourn to Maiduguri, Borno State, aimed astatine strengthening partnerships and advancing measures to combat the proliferation of tiny arms and airy weapons successful the North-East.

Speaking during a meal and stakeholders’ engagement attended by representatives of the Borno State Government and information agencies, Kokumo said stronger practice among applicable institutions would importantly trim the circulation of amerciable weapons and lend to improved information nationwide.

Represented astatine the meal by the Director of Administration and Finance of NCCSALW, Brig.-Gen. M. S. Adamu, the Director-General noted that the centre was moving intimately with information agencies and different stakeholders to retrieve illicit weapons for destruction.

He added that the Federal Government had empowered the centre to prosecute individuals progressive successful the amerciable arms trade, stressing the request for sustained sup...