{
  "id": 4684686,
  "title": "Insecurity: Alia calls for community-centred approach at North Central security summit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/insecurity-alia-calls-for-community-centred-approach-at-north-central",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T17:11:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/31/insecurity-alia-calls-for-community-centred-approach-at-north-central-security-summit/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has advocated for a community-centred approach to addressing insecurity in the North Central region, emphasizing that lasting solutions must extend beyond military interventions. On Monday, Alia hosted the North Central Regional Security Summit at the New Banquet Hall in Makurdi, convening governors, security officials, community leaders, and other stakeholders to deliberate on measures to tackle security challenges in the region. He emphasized the importance of incorporating traditional rulers, border communities, and grassroots intelligence networks into security strategies to effectively confront emerging threats. Alia stressed that collaboration must move beyond mere rhetoric and result in practical actions at the grassroots level, where locals serve as custodians of the land with knowledge of early warning signs of security threats. The two-day summit, organized by the Ministry of Defence in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement, aims to develop localized responses to issues such as banditry, farmer-herder clashes, kidnapping, violent extremism, and organized crime across the North Central area. Alia highlighted the need to address underlying socio-economic factors like poverty and unemployment while enhancing intelligence-sharing and community engagement to tackle the security challenges. He underscored the critical role of the North Central region in Nigeria's food security and economic stability, given its significant contribution to agriculture and mineral resources. Alia cautioned that the insecurity in the North Central affects the entire country through its impact on the nation's dining table. He urged the participants to ensure that the summit yields practical and sustainable outcomes rather than producing unimplemented speeches and resolutions. Alia also praised President Bola Tinubu for his efforts in addressing insecurity across the country and called on the attendees to work towards achieving the summit's objectives with operational recommendations and institutional mechanisms that can withstand changes in administration.",
  "summary": "Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has called for a community-centred approach to tackling insecurity in the North Central region, warning that lasting solutions must go beyond military deployments. Alia made the call on Monday while hosting participants at the North Central Regional Security Summit at the New Banquet Hall, Government House, Makurdi. The summit brought […] Insecurity: Alia…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}