AN OPEN LETTER: ADDRESSING THE DECADES-LONG SYSTEMIC COLLAPSE OF NATIONAL SECURITY.
The Leadership of the National Assembly, Three Arms Zone, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Through: The President of the Senate, The Speaker of the House of Representatives. *AN OPEN LETTER: ADDRESSING THE DECADES-LONG SYSTEMIC COLLAPSE OF NATIONAL SECURITY.* I. *Introduction.* For over sixteen years, our nation has transitioned from a state of peace to a theatre of industrial-scale violence. What began with the emergence of the Boko Haram insurgency in 2009 has mutated into a multi-headed hydra of terrorism, banditry and a kidnapping-for-ransom economy that has effectively paralyzed our national development. As a concerned citizen and Public Commentator, I write to you today with a heavy heart, fueled by the agonizing cries of Nigerians whose lives and livelihoods are being systematically dismantled by an unrelenting wave of insecurity. Our nation is currently ensnared in a web of terrorism, insurgency, kidnapping and banditry that threatens the very c...
