Nigeria: President Launches National Security Roadmap

President Muhammadu Buhari launched Nigeria’s National Security Strategy 2019 in Abuja on Wednesday. 

President Buhari expressed his delight at the launch of the new security roadmap, described as the product of painstaking commitment to national safety. He noted also the plethora of security challenges that still face Nigeria and urged the necessity of a holistic approach to social security.

"As we continue to work towards completely ending insurgency in the north-east and laying the foundation of sustainable peace and development in the region, we are also addressing conflicts between farmers and herders, banditry and various forms of security challenges. In addition to security, economic diversification and fighting corruption, our administration priorities for the second term include pursuing improvements in education, healthcare and agriculture. These priorities reflect our commitment to enhancing the social security of Nigerians as a means of improving their physical security.” 

The security provisions, announced at State House, come a day after the opening ceremony of the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference in Kaduna. There the President unveiled the first Made-In-Nigeria Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MARP) vehicles. 

Speaking on Wednesday the President commended National Security Advisor Maj. Gen. Babgana Mongonu and his team for delivering on the document. Maj. Gen. Mongonu further praised the document as a transformative approach to national security. 

"We have also proffered appropriate strategy to address these threats which demand a whole of government approach in combination with a whole of nation to achieve a whole of societal approach in dealing with these challenges. This is critical because the perceptible trend in the national security landscape is that the traditional clear cut issues of internal and external security as it affects us today in the globalised world without borders are no longer the sole requirement for categorising national security risk.” Mongunu said.