The Vice Chancellor of University of Ilesa, Professor Taiwo Asaolu, has said external intervention cannot be a cure to Nigeria’s internal security problem, suggesting that the solution to the issue can only come from within.
Asaolu noted that the insecurity facing the country is deeply rooted in social injustice, unemployment, poverty, weak institutions, corruption, and erosion of public trust.
The VC stated this on Tuesday while delivering his speech at the maiden edition of the annual lecture of the Faculty of Arts of the university.
He also said there is a need to strengthen institutions and invest in education that fosters critical thinking, civic responsibility, and
national unity.
“The security quagmire we face is not only a military problem. It is deeply rooted in social injustice, unemployment, and poverty, weak institutions, corruption, and erosion of public trust.
“External intervention in Nigeria’s security affairs has come from multiple fronts. Multilateral institutions such as the United Nations agencies have supported humanitarian responses,
particularly in internally displaced persons camps.
“External intervention, therefore, can only address the symptoms; it cannot cure the disease. The enduring solution must come from within. We must rebuild trust between citizens and the State. We must strengthen institutions—our judiciary, our police, our intelligence systems. We must invest in education that fosters critical thinking, civic responsibility, and national unity,” Asaolu stated.
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