Nigeria confronts ethnic profiling as security experts seek new communication framework
A high-level conference in Abuja is placing renewed focus on the role of language, perception, and narrative framing in shaping security outcomes across West Africa, as stakeholders warn that ethnic profiling could undermine counterterrorism efforts.
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The two-day conference, hosted at the National Counter Terrorism Centre under the Office of the National Security Adviser, brings together security experts, policymakers, academics and civil society actors to interrogate the implications of stereotyping in security discourse.
Organised in collaboration with Beacon Security and Intelligence Limited and Whiteink Institute for Strategy Education and Research Nigeria, the forum reflects growing concern that prevailing narratives may be inadvertently deepening divisions in already fragile societies.
The timing of the conference is significant, coming at a period when countries in the region are battling complex threats ranging from insurgency to transnational organised crime, all of which require strong community cooperation.