Tackling Nigeria’s security crisis demands a problem-specific, or region-specific approach beyond the current involvement of military, a new report has revealed.
It is based on a research by the Initiative for Economic Development Communication, (INSDEC) Lagos and the International Organisation for Peacebuilding and Social Justice (PSJ-UK).
The report was signed by Executive Vice President, INSDEC, Ogie Eboigbe and Chief Executive Officer, PSJ-UK, Ayo Adedoyin.
In Benue State, suspected Fulani herders who destroyed homes, schools, markets, and health facilities displaced residents from rural communities, forcing them into Internally Displace Persons (IDP) camp, while Imo state continue to record cases of sporadic attacks by ‘unkwown gunmen’, (suspected IPOB separatist), kidnappers and occasionally herdsmen which instil fear and disrupting farming, raising food prices.
While noting that the militaristic approach is insufficient and counter-productive, the report revealed that the strategies have stretched the military’s capabilities, forcing them to engage insurgents of varying types in 30 of Nigeria’s 36 states.
The cost of insecurity remain alarmingly high and shows no sign of abating, underscoring the urgent need for targeted measures from all stakeholders to confront and mitigate its impact.
Recommendations of the report included Government acknowledgement and Ownership, comprehensive and integrated approach, advance technological solutions, strengthening security and governance and community, state policing initiatives.
It also suggested regional and international collaboration, humanitarian and conflict resolution, strategic security policy and legal framework.
Considering the major role of the government in finding lasting solution to the crisis, the report stated that government must recognise and address the underlying causes of insecurity, which stem from failures in governance and leadership.
“It should own the problem and actively work towards reclaiming territories overtaken by insurgents. For too long, the government has acted as an outsider, or a standby observer, as if the problem belonged to the communities alone,” it stated.
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