Make Tinubu Appoint Ambassador Go U.S – Oge Onubogu

Oge Onubogu, wey be senior programme officer for Africa Programmes for United States Institute of Peace (USIP), don beg President Bola Tinubu make e appoint Nigerian ambassador go U.S. to improve international engagement and manage how people dey see di country security wahala. Onubogu talk dis one during U.S. Congress session wey dey discuss Nigeria as Country of Particular Concern (CPC), wey Channels Television monitor. She yarn say e dey important make Tinubu put capable ambassador for U.S. to dey manage narrative and explain Nigeria security situation well. She also talk say government need make accountability of perpetrators and authorities dey central for how dem dey handle matter, because criminality for Middle Belt don rise due to impunity and dis one dey make narrative of genocide dey spread as mass killings dey happen without any justice for faith communities.

Onubogu yarn say Nigeria police need serious reform because di single federal police dey struggle handle complex security wahala, and she call for speedy recruitment of 30,000 new police wey Tinubu approve for June. She talk say military dey overstretched as dem dey do work wey suppose na police dey handle, and government suppose reassign police wey dey give personal security to rich people make dem focus on real crime. She add say federal and state government need coordinate well and stop finger-pointing, and Nigeria must prepare for peaceful 2027 election while addressing religion wahala wey fit trigger electoral violence. She conclude say both Nigeria and U.S. suppose collaborate openly to understand di security challenges, hold perpetrators accountable, and fight jihadist violence across West Africa and Sahara region.