To address these hydra-headed issues, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar and his Ghanaian counterpart, Hon. Under the theme: How can West Africa strengthen its collective security against violent extremism?, the programme was streamed online and featured a Q&A session. Minister Ablakwa described violent extremism and terrorism as serious threats to the international community, requiring global cooperation to tackle. Tuggar said that in Nigeria, the governance system was working at the Federal and State levels compared to the Local Government areas. Independent analysts link insecurity in West Africa to poor governance, disaffection among neglected/alienated segments of society, a lack of public trust, corruption, and mismanagement of national resources, coupled with complicity, denial, and misguided policies by political leaders, compounded by ineffective regional collaboration and external interference.

Source: GNN Liberia March 17, 2026 11:04 UTC