Linus Aleke in Abuja
Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, has stated sustainable nationwide safety, robust governance and credible establishments had been indispensable foundations for driving Nigeria’s transition to a trillion-dollar economic system.
Musa made this assertion whereas delivering a keynote tackle titled: “National Security: Pathway to a Trillion-Dollar Economy” on the 56th Annual Accountants’ Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), held on the Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja.
Addressing an viewers {of professional} accountants, policymakers and enterprise leaders, Musa emphasised that nationwide safety have to be seen past conventional army operations and regulation enforcement.
Instead, it have to be recognised as a necessary financial catalyst that safeguards human capital, protects crucial infrastructure and fosters the predictability required to appeal to long-term funding.
According to an announcement by his Special Assistant on Media, Leah Katung-Babatunde, Musa harassed that, “No investor commits capital where lives and assets are not safe, and no economy grows beyond the reach of its security.”
The minister acknowledged Nigeria’s safety challenges, together with focused assaults on communities, freeway kidnappings and remoted rebel actions.
However, he reassured the general public that concerted operations by the Armed Forces of Nigeria had been steadily turning the tide, restoring stability throughout financial corridors, agricultural belts and industrial zones.
Aligning his remarks with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, the minister outlined a number of strategic priorities for leveraging safety to drive macroeconomic enlargement.
These included defending strategic financial belongings, selling good governance and human capital improvement, guaranteeing monetary self-discipline in defence spending, strengthening cybersecurity and monetary intelligence, and growing home defence industrial capability.
The minister, nonetheless, introduced the institution of a joint Ministry of Defence–ICAN Implementation Committee to develop collaborative frameworks proposed by ICAN President, Hajia Queensley Seghosime.
