by Azeez Adeniyi
The National Security Adviser, Maj-Gen. Babagana Munguno (rtd) has started plans to ensure the recovery of illegal weapons through whistleblowing.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu confirmed this development in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday.
Shehu said the office of the NSA was taking the approach to eradicate mass shooting incidents.
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He said the success recorded in the recovery of stolen funds through whistleblowing prompted the idea.
Shehu said the presidency had started drawing up the rules of a whistle-blower mechanism to throw a spotlight on the regime of gun ownership.
“In the last few days, we had discussed the efforts the administration is making to strengthen the whistle-blower mechanism in the Ministry of Finance, which to date has proved to be very effective in bringing the attention of the government to stolen assets and unexplained wealth.
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“The ONSA initiative may be an independent line of inquiry or in active collaboration with what the government is doing in Finance. This will be a sort of searchlight on weapons ownership in the country.
“Whatever form or shape it takes, the administration wants to take a tough line to curtail the large number of illegal weapons in circulation used in intra and inter-communal conflicts,’’ he said.
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