Amaechi critiques President Bola Tinubu’s handling of Nigeria’s security crisis, arguing that recent terrorist attacks reflect government weakness rather than success. He highlights a string of violent incidents:

• November 15–21, 2025: Multiple attacks across Borno, Kebbi, Kwara, and Niger States, including abductions of schoolchildren and churchgoers, killings of civilians and military personnel.
• Notable abductions: 24 schoolgirls in Maga (Kebbi), 38 worshippers in Eruku (Kwara), and 315 students and teachers in Papiri, Niger State—one of the largest school kidnappings globally.

Amaechi criticizes the government’s response, noting that releases of abductees were negotiated with bandits, often involving ransom, rather than achieved through sustained military operations. He claims the administration effectively ceded control to terrorists, allowing them to continue operations immediately after releases.

He also condemns the closure of schools in multiple northern states following attacks, arguing that this indirectly advances Boko Haram’s goal of banning Western education, worsening Nigeria’s already critical out-of-school children crisis (≈18.3 million children, mostly girls and rural poor).

The piece links insecurity to economic hardship, citing the UN World Food Programme’s warning that 35 million Nigerians could face severe hunger by mid-2026 due to violence, displacement, and poverty, which further strengthens insurgent influence.

Amaechi concludes that Tinubu’s administration has failed to assert sovereignty and protect citizens, giving Boko Haram unprecedented advantage and exacerbating educational, humanitarian, and security crises in northern Nigeria.