No Security, No Economy: NESG Puts Safety at Centre of Nigeria’s Growth Agenda

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has said insecurity is the biggest obstacle to Nigeria’s economic goals, warning that jobs, industrialisation and shared prosperity cannot be achieved while farms, oil facilities and infrastructure remain under threat.
In a statement, the group said safety is the basic requirement for every part of economic life. “Where security fails, productivity collapses, investment retreats, and development stalls,” it said.
The group has made security a central part of the agenda for the 32nd Nigerian Economic Summit (NES #32), arguing that no other economic goal can be met while insecurity persists.
At the summit, themed “Growth that Works: Delivering...