Nigeria’s security challenges not insurmountable — Olubadan

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has said Nigeria’s security challenges are not insurmountable, noting that President Bola Tinubu is addressing the situation.

The traditional ruler spoke on Friday after meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

“The major problem that we really have now is the problem of insecurity. Farmers find it difficult to go to their farms. It is already coming to the South, also.

“Everybody is apprehensive of going to the farm; everybody is apprehensive of going about their daily businesses. I don’t think it is insurmountable; we believe that the President is tackling it currently,” Ladoja said.

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Explaining his visit to Aso Rock, the former Oyo State governor said he came to thank the President for his support, adding that since his coronation as Olubadan in September 2025, he had been seeking an opportunity to visit Tinubu.

Ladoja said Tinubu has a record of economic reforms from his time as governor of Lagos State, expressing confidence that he would apply similar experience at the national level.

He described Nigeria as more complex than a single state but maintained that the President understands the task ahead.

“If you know from where he (Tinubu) is coming, you will know that he knows what he is doing. He was able to get Lagos from where it was to where he left it,” he said.

Ladoja also said states now have more financial capacity than during his time as governor, adding that economic adjustments are ongoing.

“The economy is being fixed, we hope that when he is leaving in 2031, he will have put Nigeria where all of us would be proud of,” he stated.