{"id":79304,"date":"2025-11-24T21:36:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=79304"},"modified":"2025-11-24T21:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:36:56","slug":"akpabio-launches-counter-terrorism-strategy-calls-for-tech-driven-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/24\/akpabio-launches-counter-terrorism-strategy-calls-for-tech-driven-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Akpabio Launches Counter-Terrorism Strategy, Calls for Tech-Driven Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Monday launched the National Counter-Terrorism Centre\u2019s Strategic Plan 2025-2030, describing it as a major step toward modernising Nigeria\u2019s security system and strengthening the fight against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Unveiled in Abuja, the five-year plan aims to boost national resilience, deploy advanced security technology, and improve coordination among government, security agencies and communities.<\/p>\n<p>Akpabio said insecurity has stalled development, disrupted education and discouraged investment, making the strategy both urgent and necessary.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted key priorities, including stronger early-warning systems, the use of modern tools such as drones and cybersecurity platforms, and deeper regional and international collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>He also called for greater private-sector involvement and assured that the National Assembly would ensure strict oversight of implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Representing the National Security Adviser, NCTC Coordinator Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka said the plan draws on two decades of counter-insurgency experience and addresses drivers of violent extremism such as unemployment and drug abuse.<\/p>\n<p>He cited initiatives like the Seeds of Hope rehabilitation programme as part of efforts to improve intelligence, operations and national resilience.<\/p>\n<p>The African Union Commission\u2019s Dr. Usman Hussain praised Nigeria\u2019s leadership and announced upcoming AU technical missions to support implementation. Development partners, diplomats and security chiefs also pledged support.<\/p>\n<p>The event ended with the formal unveiling of the Strategic Plan 2025-2030, signalling a renewed push in Nigeria\u2019s fight against terrorism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Monday launched the National Counter-Terrorism Centre\u2019s Strategic Plan 2025-2030, describing it as a major step toward modernising Nigeria\u2019s security system and strengthening the fight against terrorism. Unveiled in Abuja, the five-year plan aims to boost national resilience, deploy advanced security technology, and improve coordination among government, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":79305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1724,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-79304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insecurity","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79306,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79304\/revisions\/79306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}