Ex-IGP blames insecurity on FG’s failure to implement strategic policies
Former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, has blamed lingering security challenges in the country on the failure of the Federal Government to implement strategic policies developed by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS).
Abubakar argued that Nigeria’s security situation could have improved tremendously if previous strategic recommendations had been acted upon by the government.
The ex-police chief stated this, yesterday, during a two-day retreat on designing the NIPSS Strategic Plan (2025-2029), held in Abuja. While commending NIPSS and the alumni of the institute for the job they had done for Nigeria in terms of policy formulation and research, he said the country did not lack policies but implementation by the government.
He said: “It is not about strategy for NIPSS 2025, it is about the strategy for Nigeria, Nigeria is our big issue and as far as I am concerned, AANI and NIPSS have done so much for this country in terms of policy formulation in terms of research, the question should go to government, why are those policies and strategies not implemented, because if we do implement such policies, Nigeria will be better than what it is in all aspects of life.”
Director General of NIPSS, Prof Ayo Omotayo, while speaking with journalists at the event, said the retreat hoped to take critical decisions and also set an agenda for the government for the next five years.
He said: “The retreat has just started, and we are hopeful that we are going to make critical decisions that will be taken at the end of the retreat. The major thing is that we want to reposition the National Institute, we want to set an agenda for the next five years, and we want to ensure that we can contribute to national development.”
On the implementation, Omotayo, however, said every government had its priorities, and the government could not be blamed for not implementing some of the policies
“But believe that substantially, this particular government listens to us and they try as much as possible to implement some of our recommendations to them,” he added.
Professor of Political Science, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Femi Mimiko, noted that NIPSS had consistently provided in-depth analyses of national issues. He, however, said that despite the government’s investment and the institute’s rigorous work, there was a glaring gap in policy implementation.
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