President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mandated Nigeria’s top defence, intelligence, and security chiefs to formulate and submit a comprehensive national threat assessment alongside a five-year strategic defence operations plan within 90 days.
The directive was formally communicated by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, during the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on National Threat Assessment and Five-Year Strategic Defence Operations Plan in Abuja. The initiative aims to shift the country’s security architecture from reactive threat responses to a proactive model that anticipates operational risks, prioritizes critical threats, and strategically aligns national security resources.
The presidential committee—comprising the National Security Adviser, defence ministers, service chiefs, and heads of major intelligence agencies—is charged with establishing a clear operational linkage between identified national threats, defence capabilities, and resource allocations.
According to reporting by *Daily Post*, the Federal Government expects the operational framework to deliver measurable outcomes to stem nationwide insecurity. *The Guardian* noted that security chiefs must approach the exercise with “objectivity, urgency, and patriotism” to establish a unified national security standard.
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This 90-day ultimatum underscores growing executive frustration with fragmented security operations across the country. By mandating a unified five-year strategy, the administration seeks to streamline military budgeting and inter-agency intelligence sharing. Moving forward, observers should monitor whether the committee meets the deadline and if Parliament will be required to approve additional defense spending to finance the new strategic framework.
Source: The Nation – https://thenationonlineng.net/federal-govt-unveils-five-year-strategic-security-operations-plan/, August 27, 2026
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