The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, said on Thursday that Nigeria may require a whopping $244 million (N38 billion) to effectively police its borders. The minister, who spoke against the background of the country’s current security challenges, also said there are 84 legal borders and 1,497 illegal ones, "may God help Nigeria" even as he admitted that the nation’s border are porous. Mr. Moro was at the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abuja, where he briefed the National Working Committee, NWC, of the activities of his ministry. He stated that the United States Department of Home Security has agreed to help Nigeria by supplying it surveillance equipment. He, however, said that some of the components were listed in a proposal sent in by a Chinese company. “We are making efforts to procure appropriate modern technology to be installed along our borders and we are collaborating with the US State Department and a private Chinese company for whi...
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