Names are being dropped, mostly in security and media circles, on the person likely to become appointed as Nigeria’s next National Security Adviser (NSA)
by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The current holder and longest-serving NSA, Babagana Monguno is a retired General.
In response to the challenges of terrorism, the Terrorism Prevention Act 2011, as amended in 2013, was signed into law by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The Act designates the Office of the National Security Adviser as the coordinating body for all the security and enforcement agencies of the government.
The countering violent extremism strategy comprises a vertical programme involving the three tiers of government – from the federal to the state and then local – alongside a horizontal programme that engages with the civil society, academics, and traditional, religious and community leaders, towards stemming the tide of radicalism.
It is necessary to point out that there are all sorts of security challenges embedded within the notion of “national security.” These include economic security, energy security, cybersecurity, environmental security, health security and food security, which all seek to neutralise different threats and deleterious situations.
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