IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Global Terrorism Research/Analysis group which speciallizes in collating data on terrorist’s activities, Jihad Analytics, has ranked Nigeria as the second most attacked and terrorized country in the world.
The disclosure which was made in its report spanning January to June 2022, stated that while Iraq recorded 337 terrorists attacks, Nigeria recorded 305 attacks with Syria coming third with 142 terrorists attacks.
The disclosure by Jihad Analytics which employs global and cyber open-source intelligence and data, noted that the Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorist group was mostly responsible for the attacks.
The report is coming against the backdrop of repeated claim’s by Nigerian government offiials that terrorist’s have been degraded, decimated and terrorism checkmated to the barest minimum
Some security observers have however expressed concerns about Nigeria’s ranking on the terrorism attack list recalling that in its efforts to tackle insecurity in the country since assumption to office in 2015, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration had spent trillion’s of naira in security budget’s for all security agencies
These security agencies with yearly and increased allocations include Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Police Affairs, Office of the National Security Adviser and the Police Service Commission.
Aside the yearly allocation, President Muhammadu Buhari on April 4, 2018, approved a special intervention fund of $1bn for military equipment for the purchase of aircraft and other eqipment
A breakdown of yearly allocation to the security agencies showed that in 2015 a total of N626.39billion was allocated, in 2016, it rose to N978.72billion, in 2017 it rose to N1.12trillionn, in 2018 it rose to N1.26trillion, in 2019, it rose to N1.33trillion, in 2020, it rose to N1.71trillion, while in 2021 it rose to N1.87trillion.
The proposed allocation for 2022 which has been submitted to the National Assembly is N2.27trillion, which is an inrease of 262.39 per cent from the 2015 allocation.