The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has remained steadfast in tackling Nigeria’s security challenges, stressing that the administration is acting “quickly and decisively” to confront threats across the country.
Shettima gave the assurance on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when the faculty and participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 18 of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) paid him a courtesy visit.
According to the Vice President, the Tinubu administration is fully determined to support the nation’s security establishment to enable them effectively discharge their responsibilities to Nigeria and the African continent.
“President Tinubu is working round the clock to address concerns in the security sector. It is absolutely essential that we fuse as one to address these issues and all hands must be on deck to salvage the situation,” Shettima said.
The delegation was led by the Commandant of the NISS, Mr Joseph Odama, alongside representatives of the 78 participants of EIMC 18. During the visit, they presented an executive brief of their end-of-course report to the Vice President, who received it on behalf of President Tinubu.
The report, titled “Non-state Actors in Security Management in Africa: Issues, Challenges and Prospects for Peace and Development,” examined emerging security dynamics and offered policy recommendations for peace and development.
One of the key recommendations was the formal harmonisation and integration of country-based security initiatives to strengthen the existing legal framework for peace and conflict resolution across Nigeria and Africa.
Shettima described the composition of the EIMC 18 as impressive, noting that Africa’s security requires collective responsibility among all stakeholders due to the peculiar nature of threats facing the continent.
“The security of Africa is a collective responsibility of all stakeholders given the peculiarity of the situation,” he said.
Earlier, NISS Commandant Joseph Odama disclosed that the 18th edition of the flagship programme commenced on February 19, 2025, describing it as a “ten-month journey of intense intellectual discovery, strategic broadening and unparalleled professional fellowship.”
He said the participants were drawn from the military, paramilitary, law enforcement agencies and strategic ministries, departments and agencies at both federal and state levels.
Odama also revealed that five African countries participated in the programme, and with the graduation of EIMC 18, the institute has now produced 1,130 strategic leaders across the continent.
“These are men and women who have been rigorously equipped to think critically and act decisively in proffering solutions to complex security and developmental challenges,” he said.
The Commandant expressed deep appreciation to President Tinubu and Vice President Shettima for what he described as their visionary and pragmatic leadership, noting that the Renewed Hope Agenda is already yielding tangible results across the country.
