The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has called for stronger collaborations among universities, security agencies, regional institutions and development partners to strengthen border security, migration management and regional integration.
Tunji-Ojo made the call at the opening ceremony of the African Borderlines Research Network (ABORNE) 2026 conference on Monday in Lagos.
The minister was represented by a Senior Special Assistant to the minister on Policy, Dr Kareem Olajoku.
The four-day conference was with the theme: ‘Connected Borderlands, Socio-Cultural Integration, and the Centrality of Policy, Research, and Security.’
He posited that the country must increasingly adopt evidence-based approaches to border management while ensuring that research remains responsive to practical realities.
