Defence Minister Christopher Musa has scored the Tinubu administration 65 to 70 per cent on security performance.
He said terrorism had been drastically reduced to isolated kidnapping incidents, even as a wave of school abductions across several states continues to be a big challenge for the nation.
Musa spoke on Friday to mark three years of the administration.
“I’ll give ourselves 65 to 70,” he said when asked to rate the government’s performance, adding that no nation was entirely free from crime.
“Yes. 65 to 70%. No nation is totally free from crime and criminality. I’m sure you are aware that the level of terrorism across the country has actually drastically reduced. Now we have acts of terrorism, and terrorism, like I said, is a social vice, a failure of family values,” he said.
The minister framed kidnapping largely as a societal crisis rather than a security failure, pointing to the breakdown of family structure as the root cause.
His comments come days after a wave of school abductions jolted the country.
At least 82 pupils were abducted between May 13 and 15 during separate attacks in Borno and Oyo states.
In Borno, 42 pupils were kidnapped after armed groups attacked schools in Askira Uba and Chibok local government areas on May 13 and 14.
In Oyo, another 40 pupils were abducted on May 15 during coordinated attacks on Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, Community Grammar School, and L.A. Primary School, Esiele, in Oriire Local Government Area.