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‘Tinubu distressed by drone attack in Tudun Biri’

By Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, Abuja 
12 December 2023   |   5:32 am
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said President Bola Tinubu is distressed by the mistaken drone attack, which resulted in the loss of innocent lives in Tudun Birni, Kaduna State.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said President Bola Tinubu is distressed by the mistaken drone attack, which resulted in the loss of innocent lives in Tudun Birni, Kaduna State.

 
The minister, who stated this in his address at the Central Council Meeting of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), yesterday, in Minna, Niger State, appreciated the collective efforts of traditional and religious leaders in helping to calm frayed nerves in the aftermath of the unfortunate incident. 
 
He said: “It is with a deep sense of empathy that I convey the heartfelt condolences of the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over the death of scores of Muslim faithful in Tudun Biri, Kaduna State through a mistaken drone attack by the Nigerian military. May Allah Subhanahu Waata’ala give us all the fortitude to bear this unfortunate tragedy.”

“President Tinubu has earnestly expressed how the bombing mishap was worrying and painful to him and has as a result directed a thorough and full-fledged investigation into the incident and has called for calm, while the authorities look diligently into the mishap.”
 
He stated that the President had since approved the commencement of the FULAKO Initiative in which the Federal Government would build houses, clinics, schools, veterinary hospitals, empowerment initiatives and solar energy as part of a non-kinetic response to the problems of banditry and kidnapping in the North.
 
The minister also enjoined the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Traditional Rulers, Islamic Scholars, and all stakeholders to align with President Tinubu in birthing a new charter for national values and attitudes, tagged “Values Charter for Nigeria.”
 
He told the religious gathering that Tinubu’s vision for Nigeria is all-encompassing and encapsulated in his Renewed Hope Agenda, which seeks to reform the economy, guarantee national security, achieve food security, unlock our natural resources potential, build infrastructure, with focus on health, and social investment, as well as accelerate diversification and innovation, and improve governance delivery. 

 

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