Ibrahim speaks on insecurity on arrival in New York as Nigeria’s UN Ambassador

By Tiamiyu Prudence Arobani

Amb. Jimoh Ibrahim arrived in New York, United State on Friday night to resume as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN with assurance that President Bola Tinubu is taking steps to tackle the country’s security challenges.

Ibrahim who was received on arrival at the JFK Airport by officers of the permanent mission and the Consulate General of Nigeria in New York said the President is in talks with Britain, U.S. and Türkiye, among others to seek help to tackle security challenges in Nigeria.

However, the Ambassador further revealed that Nigeria was not focused on only one country adding that whatever country has a solution to Nigeria’s security problems is being engaged.

“Nigeria is our country. We can have problems like Boko Haram, but we are embarking on multilateral engagements to solve them,” he said.

“We are not looking for one single country to come and help us. We are looking for many countries to come and help us.

“As America is there, the President is talking to Istanbul (Türkiye) and we just left London, Britain is coming to assist.

“As we engage stakeholders, we welcome people that want to help us solve our problems and we hold them in high esteem.”

He stressed that every country in the world has had its own challenges at one point or the other, citing the infamous Sept. 11 coordinated terrorist attacks in the U.S.

According to him, Tinubu sent him to the UN to rally the global community in support of Nigeria.

The immediate past Senator who represented Ondo until his ambassadorial appointment, insisted that Nigeria remains one indivisible country.

“The president must be successful. Nigeria must be one indivisible sovereign nation,” he stressed.

“We all know that sovereignty is not absolute but to the extent that we are one is an excitement for Mr President.

“Anything contrary to that is unheard of, un-doable un-achievable. It’s one sovereignty. We are all from different backgrounds, but we like ourselves.

“Nigeria is a unique country for the world to reference. Nigeria must be one, can only be one. So let us have that very clearly in our minds.”

The Nigerian envoy stressed that it was better for the world for Nigeria to remain one country and assured the country would overcome its current security challenges.

“What I’ve got to deliver here is that Nigeria must be one and indivisible – cannot be divided, cannot be discussed.

“The question about division of Nigeria cannot be discussed and cannot be heard of. We will clearly pass that message.

The Nigerian diplomat underscored the need for the officers of the permanent mission to project the agenda of the administration, saying they were sent to project the best of the country.

“We need to be very innovative to carry up President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which has its own foreign elements,” Ibrahim said.

“The president is very serious and is working hard to make sure our foreign policy is re-engineered to reflect the Renewed Hope Agenda.

“He has sent me here to put the Renewed Hope Agenda in very clear terms to our multilateral partners and to our bilateral offices that we have across the world.”

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