The Federal Government has inaugurated a committee to prepare a comprehensive National Threat Assessment and a rolling Five-Year Strategic Defence Operations Plan for Nigeria.
The committee was inaugurated on Wednesday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, with a mandate to submit the two documents within 90 days for the consideration and approval of the President.
Inaugurating the committee, a statement by the SGF’s media aide, Yomi Odunuga, said Akume urged members to approach the assignment with professionalism, objectivity, urgency and patriotism, stressing that it was of considerable national importance.
He said the initiative was aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s capacity to understand, anticipate, plan for and respond effectively to an increasingly complex and evolving security environment.
Akume noted that contemporary security threats had become increasingly interconnected and adaptive, with the capacity to exploit gaps between institutions, jurisdictions and operational theatres.
