Coalition Backs Tinubu's 90-Day Security Plan, Says Famadewa Appointment Is Well-Suited
- The Coalition of Patriots for Security Sector Reforms welcomed President Tinubu's directive for a National Threat Assessment and a five-year Strategic Defence Operations Plan
- CPSSR said the 90-day timeline should be used to consolidate existing security frameworks rather than produce another standalone strategy document
- The group said Major General Adeyinka Famadewa's appointment as coordinating adviser brings relevant military, intelligence and strategic experience to the committee
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A civil society group focused on security reforms has backed President Bola Tinubu's directive ordering the preparation of a National Threat Assessment and a rolling five-year Strategic Defence Operations Plan, saying the initiative addresses longstanding gaps in how Nigeria coordinates its security architecture.
The Coalition of Patriots for Security Sector Reforms (CPSSR) issued a statement on Monday, August 24, through its National Coordinator, Dr Salisu Attah, welcoming the presidential directive and the 90-day deadline attached to it.
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President Tinubu directed an 11-member committee to produce the two documents within 90 days. The National Threat Assessment will identify Nigeria's principal security threats and rank them by urgency, while the Strategic Defence Operations Plan will set operational priorities, pinpoint capability and equipment gaps, and lay out an implementation timetable.
CPSSR Backs Famadewa's Coordinating Role
The coalition said the decision to assign Major General Adeyinka Famadewa (Rtd), the President's Special Adviser on Homeland Security, as coordinator of the committee was a sound one.
CPSSR described Famadewa, who was appointed to the role in May, as a retired general with more than three decades of experience spanning national security strategy, intelligence fusion, counter-terrorism operations and international security diplomacy.
"His responsibility to coordinate the process and provide secretariat support should not be interpreted as a duplication of the role of the National Security Adviser or the service chiefs. Rather, it provides a dedicated coordination mechanism to ensure that the work of the committee is coherent, properly documented and delivered within the 90-day timeframe," Attah said in the statement.
The group also noted that Famadewa had previously outlined homeland security priorities including unified surveillance, identity management, border security, and stronger early-warning and crisis-response systems, which the coalition said made him well-suited to the assignment.
Coalition Warns Against Treating Plan as Another Policy Document
CPSSR pushed back against concerns that the new initiative could either duplicate existing strategies or make them redundant. Attah said the goal was to bring clarity to how current policies, institutions and resources connect rather than replace them.
"The National Threat Assessment will provide a current picture of the threats confronting the country, while the Strategic Defence Operations Plan will translate that assessment into clearly prioritised military and defence requirements. This is a necessary link between strategy, operations, capability and funding," he said.
The coalition also welcomed the provision allowing the committee to draw in representatives from other ministries, departments and agencies, noting that Nigeria's security challenges cross into policing, border management, infrastructure and civilian institutions.
On the question of funding, CPSSR said linking the plan to a multi-year defence expenditure and procurement framework was critical to ensuring that resources flow towards clearly defined priorities rather than fragmented spending.
Attah cautioned that the true measure of the exercise would be implementation.
"Nigeria needs security planning that survives individual operations, budget cycles and institutional changes," he said, urging all stakeholders to allow the committee to complete its work without unnecessary distractions.
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