Nigeria’s House Speaker Calls for New Approaches to Security Challenges
Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said Nigeria’s security challenges require bold and fresh thinking, noting that existing strategies have not been effective. He spoke at a public hearing in Abuja on Monday, organised by the house committee on defence, which aimed to strengthen key areas of national defence including military education, joint operations, healthcare support,
Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said Nigeria’s security challenges demand bold and fresh thinking, and that existing strategies have not been effective. He made the remarks on Monday in Abuja at a public hearing organised by the house committee on defence. The hearing aimed to strengthen key areas of national defence, including military education and training, joint operations, healthcare support, strategic research, and veterans’ welfare.
Abbas listed Nigeria’s security challenges as: relentless insurgency in the north-east, banditry and kidnapping in the north-west, farmer-herder crises in the north-central, and separatist agitations in the south-south. He also noted emerging threats, including maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, cyber warfare, and the nexus between organised crime and terrorism. Abbas said the armed forces are stretched but remain the first and last line of defence.
These statements were reported by thecable.ng and premiumtimes.
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