{"id":28647,"date":"2020-08-25T11:09:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T11:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28647"},"modified":"2020-08-25T11:09:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T11:09:43","slug":"un-urges-buhari-to-consider-political-approach-in-tackling-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28647","title":{"rendered":"UN urges Buhari to consider \u2018political approach\u2019 in tackling insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/United-Nations-Humanitarian-Coordinator-in-Nigeria-Edward-Kallon.jpg\" alt=\"Doctors Without Borders confirms death of aid worker who contracted COVID-19 in Borno\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Nations on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to complement military efforts with a political approach in tackling the country\u2019s security challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, made the call after leading a delegation to a meeting with the president at the State House, Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a chat with State House correspondents after the meeting, Kallon listed three forms of conflicts in Nigeria to include identity-based, resource-based and power-based conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, efforts to find lasting solutions to conflicts in Nigeria had not yielded results because of the mixture of the three different forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThe conflict is still ongoing. It is not over. But today again, I told Mr. President that in addition to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/military-kills-iswap-commanders-fighters-in-borno\/\">military<\/a>&nbsp;effort, that there is the need to complement that with enhanced dialogue and political approach process in search of a durable solution to the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, we think various approaches have to be used to find solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to complement military efforts with a political approach in tackling the country\u2019s security challenges. The UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, made the call after leading a delegation to a meeting with the president at the State House, Abuja. In a chat with State [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UN urges Buhari to consider \u2018political approach\u2019 in tackling insecurity &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28647\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28647#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Security\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=22\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"UN urges Buhari to consider \u2018political approach\u2019 in tackling insecurity\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UN urges Buhari to consider \u2018political approach\u2019 in tackling insecurity &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28647","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=28647#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Security","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=22"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UN urges Buhari to consider \u2018political approach\u2019 in tackling insecurity"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=22\" rel=\"category\">Security<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The United Nations on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to complement military efforts with a political approach in tackling the country\u2019s security challenges. 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