Buratai’s Blueprint: A Holistic Strategy to Tackle Nigeria’s Security Crisis

Nigeria’s deepening insecurity has sparked renewed debate about national strategy. Dr. Hassan Abdullahi revisits Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai’s advice on moving beyond purely military solutions. Buratai warns that the crisis is protracted and adaptive. He highlights its political dimension and cautions that over-reliance on the military weakens the police. He also champions whole-of-society mobilisation based on lessons from COVID-19 and local vigilance groups. Key reforms include creating a National Security Mobilisation Council and shifting internal security duties back to the police and NSCDC. Political actors funding violence must face scrutiny. Non-kinetic measures should empower youth, communities and drive a national counter-radicalisation campaign. Rebuilding governance, policing and community trust is the only path from endless conflict to lasting peace.

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