Tinubu Appoints Adviser on Homeland Security, Famadewa, Head for 5-year Plan

• C’ttee members include NSA, defence minister, defence chief, service chiefs, DG DSS, DG NIA, has 90 days to submit its report

Deji Elumoye in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate preparation of a comprehensive National Threat Assessment and a rolling five-year Strategic Defence Operations Plan to strengthen coordination across Nigeria’s defence, intelligence, and security capabilities.

Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement, disclosed that Special Adviser on Homeland Security to the President, Major-General Adeyinka A. Famadewa, would coordinate and provide secretarial support for a nine-man committee the president constituted to draft the strategic defence operations plan.

Other members of the committee include National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu; Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa; Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Muhammad Matawalle; Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Waidi Shaibu; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke; and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas.