Group Backs Tinubu's National Defence Plan Committee, Urges Accelerated Security Funding
- The Centre for Justice and Human Rights in Africa expressed confidence in the committee Tinubu set up to produce a five-year Strategic Defence Operations Plan
- CJHA named sustained and accelerated defence funding as the single most critical factor in making the new homeland security framework work
- The group called on the National Assembly to align budget priorities with the operational needs that will emerge from the 90-day committee process
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The Centre for Justice and Human Rights in Africa (CJHA) has backed the high-level committee constituted by President Bola Tinubu to produce a National Threat Assessment and a rolling five-year Strategic Defence Operations Plan, describing the move as timely and strategically sound.
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In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Dr. Ifure Ifure, the Centre said the 90-day window given to the committee reflects how urgent it is to address Nigeria's evolving security challenges and build a coherent national framework across defence, intelligence and security agencies.
"We welcome President Tinubu's directive and place full confidence in the expertise and patriotism of the distinguished members of this committee," Dr. Ifure said.
"The inclusion of the National Security Adviser, the Minister of Defence, the service chiefs and the heads of key intelligence agencies ensures that the process will be thorough, professional and grounded in operational realities."
What the Committee Is Expected to Deliver
The committee is coordinated by the Special Adviser on Homeland Security, Major General Adeyinka Famadewa. Its mandate includes identifying the country's principal threats, ranking them by urgency, setting operational objectives, and translating those objectives into specific force requirements, capability gaps and timelines.
Once the President approves the plan, it is expected to guide multi-year defence spending and procurement decisions.
CJHA praised Famadewa's operational experience, calling his involvement critical to the success of the assignment.
The Centre tied the committee's work to a broader reset of Nigeria's security posture, including a new counter-terrorism doctrine that classifies all armed non-state actors and their enablers as terrorists.
CJHA's Call on Funding and the National Assembly
Beyond the planning process itself, CJHA argued that the framework will deliver results only if backed by consistent financial support. Dr. Ifure said equipment modernisation, intelligence capabilities, personnel welfare and joint operations all depend on predictable budgetary allocations.
"Accelerated and predictable funding for defence remains the single most critical enabler of homeland security," he said.
"We therefore urge the National Assembly and relevant agencies to align fiscal priorities with the operational needs that will emerge from this five-year plan. Security spending must not only be adequate but also results-oriented and transparently applied."
The group noted that the Tinubu administration had already made defence and security the largest sectoral allocation in recent budgets, including the 2026 Appropriation Act, and said the new planning process offers a chance to ensure those resources follow clear national priorities rather than scattered agency requests.
CJHA called on military leadership, civilian authorities, the legislature and the general public to support both the committee's work and the eventual implementation of its recommendations, describing the exercise as a patriotic assignment whose success will benefit every Nigerian.
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