The FCT Minister, Bala
Mohammed has said 75 victims of the blast died while 171 others were currently
receiving treatments in various hospitals.
He also announced that the FCT
will foot the bills of those under treatments in the various hospitals, adding
that the Abuja administration is fully prepared to close the gaps in the
security system
“We will make it very
difficult for people with bad intensions to penetrate our parks. Certainly, we
are going to bring bomb detectors and we are going to work with our security to
guide us on how to make our schools, parks, markets and other public
places safe for our people,” he said.
He disclosed that the FCT will
bring in about 100 high capacity new buses so that the Nyanya incident does not
affect the movements of people and goods, adding that government cannot source
all the buses from the country.
He also disclosed that the
Abuja administration will install metal detection devices inside the new
buses being purchased.
“We have noticed that these
people have changed their strategies and we also have to change our strategies
to protect our people,” Mr. Mohammed said.
He said 47 motorcycles and 27
mass transit buses were destroyed during the Monday bomb blast.
In his statement, the Minister
of State for Health said the major challenge is getting blood for the injured
victims. He also said permission has been given to relatives of victims to
collect the corpses of their loved ones, adding that government is doing
everything to ensure that the information given out about the dead victims was
accurate.
The release of strategy to be used in abuja is a reflection of the poor experience of the minister. Hw do you want to fight your energy and you start revealing your weapons and the strength of your army. Its poor indeed. Let the minister be warned. The provision of 100 buses is another for corruption. They should continue on their various games.
ReplyDeleteU PEOPLE ARE ONLY USEING OUR BLOOD TO EMPOWER URSELF, U TELL D WORLD WAT U WANT 2 DO B4 U CARRY IT OUT.
ReplyDelete“We have noticed that these people have changed their strategies and we also have to change our strategies to protect our people,” Mr. Mohammed said.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly the problem. You do not have to wait for them to change their strategy..you have to pre-empt them. You have to think of new possible ways and tactics they could use and then you take proactive steps.
I once watched a documentary of how US security agencies try to simulate what could happen next based on current experiences..and then they take steps. I think this should be copied.