Famadewa, Ribadu and a 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release, By Yushau A Shuaib
It states that once approved, the proposed plan “would serve as the principal framework for coordinating military and defence operations over the medium term” and would guide a multi‑year defence expenditure and procurement plan… The emphasis on military and defence operations and spending — rather than national security in the broader sense — is telling.
When the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced that President Bola Tinubu had constituted an eleven‑man committee to develop a National Threat Assessment and a Strategic Defence Operations Plan within ninety days, several things struck me about this – with about four months to the next general elections, even before I reached the substance of the directive.
It may align with the committee’s composition, which is heavily weighted towards the armed services and intelligence agencies, and with the choice of a retired Major General Famadewa as coordinator, rather than the NSA whose remit covers the entire national security spectrum.
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