Ribadu Initiates Review for New National Security Strategy

Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser, has ordered a comprehensive review of Nigeria's national security framework, instructing a 33-member committee to produce a new blueprint within four weeks. This directive was announced during the committee's inauguration at the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja.

The committee is tasked with reviewing the 2019 National Security Strategy and creating a replacement that addresses the country's changing security realities. The proposed National Security Strategy 2026 aims to tackle conventional threats such as terrorism, insurgency, banditry, and kidnapping, as well as emerging challenges like cyber threats, misinformation, economic instability, food insecurity, and environmental issues.

Ribadu emphasized the need for the new strategy to reflect current realities and support Nigeria's national objectives under President Bola Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda. He identified human security, economic transformation, and national cohesion as priority areas and urged the committee to collaborate with relevant institutions to produce a realistic and actionable document.