Here is why we can’t stop talking about Insecurity.
Insecurity is now at an existential level in Nigeria. It’s now extremely difficult to move forward without dealing with it. It has affected our people, affected businesses and farms and displaced Nigerians from their homes.
As of 2025, the UN reported that Nigeria has over 3.6 million internally displaced persons. This is huge for a country not even at war. These are men, women, and children who have been forced to flee their homes because their communities are no longer safe.
The height of insecurity is costing our nation. Despite not being at war, the killing, abduction, kidnapping and banditry incidents in our country continue to be on the rise daily.
Amnesty International already warned that the Nigerian government is emboldening bandits through its “stunning failure” to protect citizens, and this has worsened insecurity in just 2 years.
We cannot continue to normalise these tragedies while pretending things are normal. The economic cost of insecurity is staggering. According to the Global Terrorism Index, Nigeria ranks among the 10 most terrorised nations in the world.
Investors are fleeing, local businesses are collapsing, tourism has become non-existent, farmers cannot farm, traders cannot trade or transport goods, and children cannot go to school, increasing the number of the already 20 million out-of-school children in the country who cannot get an education.
Now that our government boasts of excess revenues, we must prioritise investing in critical areas of development, ensuring security is at the core, so these sectors can thrive.
We must act now. A secure Nigeria will not only give our people peace but also unlock the enormous productivity potential of our country. Without securing Nigeria, there can be no sustainable future. The safety of Nigerians must now come first.
A New Nigeria is POssible. –PO
