As Nigeria grapples with insecurity, the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has advocated increased funding for the security agencies, even as he called for synergy among the agencies in order to curtail the incessant killing, kidnapping and insecurity that ravaging the country.
Oba Adetona made this known when members of National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), group 1, set 35, Senior Executive Course, 2023, Kuru, Jos, paid him a courtesy visit at his private residence in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.
The monarch said national security is an issue that affects every one and as such, all Nigerians must take it more seriously especially now that the country is facing challenges.
Awujale said; “Insecurity in Nigeria is multi-dimensional and as such, for any attempt at addressing the growing menace to be effective and sustainable, it needs to be holistic, deftly combining ‘hard’, military solutions with ‘soft’ approaches aimed at tackling the socio-economic underpinnings of conflict and crime.