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Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said that the promotion of patriotism and nationalism is a strategic approach to curb violent crimes such as banditry, kidnapping, and terrorism in the country.<\/p>\n

Idris, who stated this in Abuja on Friday when he received the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa on a courtesy visit to his office, said the surest way to counter the wave of crime is to instill a sense of patriotism among citizens and foster a strong national identity as a united front against violent crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe concept of nationalism, nationhood, and patriotism must return, for us to have the unity and prosperity that all of us seek. We have seen a gradual erosion of our values \u2013 those values need to be reclaimed and we have to recover our senses as Nigerians.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to go back to the drawing board and see where we got it wrong with the aim of getting it right this time around.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank you so much for coming. We think that the collaboration that you require is for all of us to come together so that we fight insurgency and forge unity, development, and peace in this country. There is no way you can successfully fight this war without a frontal role for the Nigerian Media and Nigerians themselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the CDS, General Musa, said the visit to the minister is part of non-kinetic operations aimed at building synergy between the military and the media.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is part of the lines of operations that we are conducting to build synergy between the Armed Forces and members of the public and there is nowhere to start better than where information emanates from,\u201d the CDS said.<\/p>\n

Nigerian Govt will promote patriotism to fight terrorism, banditry \u2013 Minister<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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