Abuja: A Security interest group, National Private Security Conference, has announced plans to hold a national security conference on June 13 in Abuja, aimed at discussing more effective, responsible, and strategic methods to enhance Nigeria’s security. Dr. Charles Awuzie, the convener of the National Private Security Conference, disclosed this during a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, highlighting that Nigeria stands at a pivotal moment in its security journey.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, Dr. Awuzie emphasized the complex security challenges faced by government institutions, security agencies, communities, businesses, and ordinary citizens across the nation. These challenges, he noted, require courage, commitment, innovation, and collaboration, as well as a willingness to rethink collective safeguarding strategies. Against this backdrop, the group is organizing the national private security conference 2026.
Dr. Awuzie revealed that the conference would feature experts from Australia, the USA,
and other parts of the world, who will discuss workable strategies to address the country’s security challenges. The theme of the conference, ‘Building a Modern Security Ecosystem: Integrating Private Sector Capacity into Nigeria’s National Security Architecture,’ underscores a vital reality that security can no longer be solely the government’s responsibility.
He stressed that successful security frameworks globally rely on partnerships between government institutions, security agencies, private sector operators, technology innovators, researchers, investors, and local communities. The essential question, according to Awuzie, is not whether collaboration is necessary, but how to collaborate more effectively, responsibly, and strategically to strengthen national security.
The conference will see participation from key figures such as the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Senators, senior military and police officers. Additionally, defenc
e sector heads, international security experts, technology innovators, private security practitioners, investors, researchers, and policymakers will also be in attendance.
Focus areas for the conference include security policy, intelligence integration, public-private partnerships, defence manufacturing, emerging technologies, surveillance systems, artificial intelligence, security financing, and the future of Nigeria’s security architecture. Dr. Awuzie assured that the conference aims to move from discussion to implementation, generating practical recommendations to support policy development, industry growth, investment opportunities, and stronger security outcomes.
He acknowledged Nigeria’s extraordinary talent, expertise, resources, and institutional capacity, emphasizing the need to create platforms that enable these capabilities to work together more effectively. The national private security conference, he explained, is an independent, non-partisan platform designed to promote dialogue, collaboration
, policy engagement, innovation, and stakeholder partnerships within Nigeria’s broader security ecosystem. It is not a political movement or lobbying platform but a strategic forum for fostering a safer, stronger, and more secure Nigeria.