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Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd), a former military Head of State, has connected poverty, unemployment, and ineffective government to the rising level of insecurity in the Sahel region.

Abdulsalami delivered a speech on Thursday in Abuja at the first News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) annual lecture.

Insecurity has flourished in the area due to a number of circumstances, including environmental deterioration and climatic change, he continued.

“At the heart of the insecurity in this region, among other factors, are the undercurrents of poverty and unemployment, for the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.

“Also weak governance, and institutional failures, as well as climate change and environmental degradation.

“These factors have certainly created a fertile ground for insecurity to thrive, with devastating impacts on our dear nation.

“We must not, however, lose faith in our capacity to ride above the storms of insecurity, since this challenge is the business of each and every Nigerian, and indeed, all Africans,” he said.

He claims that the situation is having a disastrous effect on Nigeria and the Sahel region, especially in terms of development.

He expressed worry that there was still a persistent state of insecurity and that coordinated action was needed to resolve it.

He thanked NAN for arranging the talk, predicting a useful and stimulating response to deal with the issue.

He says the event makes sense in light of the government’s and other stakeholders’ heightened efforts to solve the situation.

According to Abubakar, the occasion would give interested parties a forum to pinpoint problem actors, pinpoint underlying issues, and offer long-term fixes.

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