NSA Sets Four-Week Timeline for Review of National Security Strategy
National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has inaugurated a 33-member committee to review Nigeria’s National Security Strategy and develop a new framework for addressing emerging security threats.
The committee is expected to submit its final draft of the National Security Strategy 2026 by November 27, with a mandate to address terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, cyber threats, misinformation, food insecurity and other challenges affecting national security.
Ribadu, represented by the Chairman of the Committee, Major General Sarki Yari Bello (retd.); said Nigeria’s domestic, regional and global security environments had changed significantly since the last strategy was developed in 2019.
He said the review was necessary to ensure that the country’s security framework reflected current realities, anticipated future threats and supported national development objectives.
According to him, the new strategy would serve as an overarching framework for coordinating national security, strengthening resilience and supporting sustainable development.
Ribadu said the document should also align with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, particularly in human security, economic transformation and national cohesion.
He urged committee members to work with relevant institutions and strategic stakeholders to produce a comprehensive, realistic and implementable document.
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The NSA assured the committee that his office would provide the administrative, technical and logistical support required to complete the assignment.
In his remarks, the committee’s Deputy Chairman, Maj.-Gen. Evi Onumajuru (retd.), who spoke on behalf of the Chairman, said the changing security landscape required a comprehensive reassessment of Nigeria’s national security priorities.
He noted that conventional threats, including terrorism, insurgency and banditry, were increasingly intertwined with non-kinetic challenges such as cyber threats, economic vulnerabilities, food insecurity and climate change.
Onumajuru said the 2026 strategy must move beyond reactive responses and provide an inclusive, forward-looking and actionable framework for addressing the country’s security challenges.
He added that the committee’s composition, drawing members from the Armed Forces, intelligence agencies, government ministries, civil society and academia, would support a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach.
The committee will also engage resource institutions, private-sector representatives and traditional leaders to gather perspectives for the strategy.
Onumajuru urged members to work with urgency, noting that the four-week timeline required focused deliberations, rigorous analysis and professional integrity.
The review is expected to produce an updated framework for coordinating Nigeria’s response to traditional and emerging threats while linking national defence with human security, economic development and governance.
By PRNigeria
By PRNigeria
