President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said that the Federal Government was designing new security architecture to checkmate insecurity in the country.
The president announced this while addressing a delegation of the North Central PDP which was on solidarity visit to the State House, Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 300-member delegation was led by former PDP Chairman, Chief Ahmadu Ali, accompanied by Governors Gabriel Suswam (Benue); Jonah Jang (Plateau) and Idris Wada (Kogi).
"We are working very hard with the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) to make sure that the security challenges that we have across the country, whether
in Borno State or the kidnapping in Edo, Bayelsa, Rivers, Abia and so on are addressed.
"We are coming up with different architecture that will deal with these insurgencies.
"As we progress, we will begin to bring the situation under control," he said.
On the insecurity caused by clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the zone, the President said that the security personnel were moving in to strengthen the conventional security - the police.
Jonathan acknowledged the support he had always received from most governors and the people of the North Central.
The president commended the governors from the zone for not heating up the polity with immature and provocative comments.
He assured the delegation that problems affecting the take-off of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex in Kogi would soon be resolved as it was imperative to Nigeria's industrialisation.
He thanked the delegation for the support and acknowledged that since the North Central was essentially a PDP zone, victory for the party in 2015 was assured.
In a remark, Suswam said that the Federal Government had deployed soldiers to support the police in maintaining law and order in Benue and surrounding states that were worst-hit by clashes between herdsmen and farmers.
The Senate President, Sen. David Mark, said the North Central zone remained essential to the stability of Jonathan's administration.
He expressed the concern that some unscrupulous people wanted to destabilise the zone, using insecurity.
Mark promised the president maximum support from the North-Central zone, especially from the National Assembly.
"We cannot betray you; our word is our bond. We want you to trust us because we trust you.
"All we want is mutual confidence, and so far, you have shown it," he said.
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