The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has attributed the failure of the Buhari-led administration to monitor and track bandits and other criminal elements operating in the country to inadequate satellites.
“The Satellite is not static where the insurgency is taking place. That is why one satellite is not adequate. What Nigeria has there are some two satellites doing two different things.
“We have a High-Resolution imaging satellite and Medium Resolution imaging satellite. The activities of the bandits could be when the satellite was away from Nigerian borders, so that is why we are advocating for more satellites for Nigeria,” he said.
The newly appointed Director-General of the Agency, Halilu Shaba, said this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday.
Mr Shaba said the insurgents make use of walkie-talkies instead of trackable Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) phones.
Mr Shaba, also called for collaboration and sharing of information between the space agency and security agencies especially when security agents plan to launch attacks on the insurgents.
