President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed that the persistent insecurity in Northern Nigeria remains the issue that troubles him the most as president, warning that the crisis continues to threaten national stability and development.
Represented by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, at the 25th Anniversary of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) in Kaduna on Friday, Tinubu said his administration is confronting the situation with renewed urgency.
In his address titled “A Generation Summoned by a Crisis,” the President acknowledged that his government inherited deeply entrenched security challenges but assured that efforts to resolve them are being intensified.
“Nothing troubles me more gravely than the security crisis bedevilling Nigeria, especially Northern Nigeria,” he said. “Affliction in any part of the country is a setback for every part. We cannot prosper when one limb of the national body is paralysed.”
Tinubu urged Northern leaders and stakeholders to rise to the moment, insisting that the region has never needed honest and courageous voices more than now.
“Yes, there have been missteps and moments of drift,” he admitted. “But we cannot say the North has failed unless we abandon our responsibility to be our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers.”
According to him, society fails when people sleep comfortably while millions go hungry or when fear becomes constant for travellers moving from one community to another.
Despite the challenges, Tinubu maintained that hope is not lost. He said decades of dysfunction may have strained unity, but the ethnic and religious diversity at the ACF gathering reflects a collective resolve to overcome division and rebuild peace.
He reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to restoring security, strengthening national cohesion and ensuring that every part of the country can thrive.
