Dogara’s Dodgy View on Insecurity A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon.
Yakubu Dogara, last week said Nigeria’s security challenges did not begin with the administration of President Bola Tinubu, noting that terrorism, A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon.
Dogara, who is the Chancellor of Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, spoke at the institution’s 16th convocation ceremony, where 836 graduands received various academic qualifications.
He attributed the country’s security challenges to years of porous borders, illegal arms proliferation, youth unemployment and the spread of extremist ideologies.
The former Speaker said the problems had developed over several years, with their roots predating Tinubu’s assumption of office in May 2023. He, however, acknowledged that national security remained a major responsibility of the present administration. Dogara’s comment has outraged some Nigerians, with many feeling that he was being insensitive to the plight of Nigerians especially at a time when thousands have been killed, homes burnt down, people have lost their farmlands and others. Every Nigerian knows that the country’s insecurity predates Tinubu.
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