In a renewed push to deal with insecurity at its roots, the Presidency is increasing its expertise acquisition and entrepreneurship coaching as non-kinetic strategy to curb crime, increase financial alternatives, and promote lasting peace.
Dr Abiola Arogundade, Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Education (TVEE), disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja throughout a gathering with Maj.-Gen. Adeyinka A. Famadewa (Rtd), Special Adviser to the President on Homeland Security, at her workplace.
The assembly explored areas of collaboration between the 2 workplaces, specializing in financial empowerment, employability and sustainable livelihoods as complementary measures to standard safety operations.
Arogundade stated the partnership seeks to empower residents, increase consciousness and create sustainable alternatives for constructive engagement.
“This partnership seeks to strengthen cooperation between each workplaces in empowering our folks, broadening their consciousness, and creating sustainable alternatives for his or her constructive engagement.
“Through these collective efforts, we aim to steer them away from crime and criminality while fostering a safer, more enlightened, and empowered society,” she stated.
Both presidential aides recognised the necessity for a complete safety strategy combining navy and legislation enforcement operations with training, expertise improvement and financial inclusion, significantly for susceptible youths.
Under the proposed collaboration, the TVEE would search to cut back the vulnerability of unemployed and economically deprived youths to recruitment by prison networks exploiting poverty, restricted alternatives and social exclusion.
By linking vocational training with homeland safety targets, the partnership is anticipated to strengthen group resilience, promote social stability and help people in search of alternate options to prison actions.
Famadewa burdened the necessity for a holistic strategy to insecurity that includes non-kinetic measures and addresses its underlying socioeconomic drivers.
His workplace can be centered on unified intelligence and surveillance, stronger border safety, improved identification of safety threats, and efficient protocols for reporting and responding to crises.
The proposed collaboration displays President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s efforts to hyperlink training, financial alternatives, and nationwide safety. By selling expertise improvement and supporting entrepreneurship, the initiative goals to create pathways to sustainable livelihoods, strengthen peacebuilding efforts and foster long-term stability.
Dr Abiola Arogundade
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Education (TVEE)
October 21, 2026
