President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate preparation of a National Threat Assessment and a rolling five-year Strategic Defence Operations Plan.
The move aims to address escalating insecurity across Nigeria by strengthening coordination between intelligence, defence, and security agencies.
To execute the order, the president established an 11-man committee [1]. Special Adviser on Homeland Security Adeyinka Famadewa will coordinate the secretariat for the group.
The committee is tasked with identifying current and emerging threats to national stability. This assessment will serve as the foundation for the broader strategic plan, which is intended to provide a long-term framework for military and security operations.
Tinubu said the committee has 90 days [2] to produce the final documents. Other reports describe this as a three-month deadline [3] for the delivery of the strategic roadmap.
The initiative comes as the administration seeks a more unified approach to internal security. By consolidating the efforts of various agencies into a single five-year plan, the government intends to eliminate redundancies, and improve response times to security breaches.
The National Threat Assessment will likely analyze various regional conflicts and criminal activities that have plagued the country. Once completed, the Strategic Defence Operations Plan will dictate how resources and personnel are deployed to mitigate those specific risks over the next five years.
“President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate preparation of a National Threat Assessment”
This directive signals a shift toward a formalized, long-term security doctrine in Nigeria, moving away from reactive measures toward a structured, multi-year strategy. The success of the plan depends on whether the 11-man committee can successfully integrate intelligence from disparate agencies into a single operational framework within the tight 90-day window.
