Insecurity Didn’t Begin Under Tinubu’s Administration, Dogara Says

Yakubu Dogara, former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives and Chancellor of Achievers University, said terrorism, insurgency, banditry, kidnappings and communal violence predated Bola Tinubu’s arrival in office in May 2023. Speaking at the university’s 16th convocation, where 836 graduates received qualifications, he linked insecurity to years of porous borders, illegal arms proliferation, youth unemployment and extremist ideologies. Pro-Chancellor Bode Ayorinde welcomed the expansion of higher education but raised concerns about graduates’ job prospects. Vice-Chancellor Omolola Irinoye said 98 students earned First Class degrees and outlined the university’s tuition scholarship programmes.