President Goodluck Jonathan has charge Nigerians to persevere in protecting the country’s substantial investments and critical infrastructure which are under threat by the actions of terrorist, vandals and saboteurs.

The Nigeria President represented by the Vice president Namadi Sambo made this plea on Monday in Abuja declaring open a two-day stakeholders’ forum on the protection of Critical National Assets and Infrastructure (CNAI).

There at the forum, the president ordered the nation’s security agencies to review existing strategies for effective intelligence sharing towards ensuring greater protection of such national assets and critical infrastructure, adding that the stakeholders’ forum was necessary in order to ensure synergy in the activities of the security agencies.

He stressed the need for greater corporation among the security agencies, stating that such cooperation would ensure timely identification of risks and potential threats to critical infrastructure and better coordination in the deployment of allied action.

He further charged them to review their strategies, to decrease response times, and increase deterrent and combative capacity, insisting that the relentless adversaries’ increase use of advanced weapons, technologies must be countered.

The president however commended security agencies for their efforts in the protection of public facilities and as well called on the public to work together with security agencies in the protection of national assets.