Account for N435bn Security Funds, Stop Blaming Abuja, Group Tells Governors

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has challenged the 36 state governors to stop blaming the Federal Government for insecurity and immediately account for N435.25 billion received for security and infrastructure. New fiscal data reveals that 29 states drew the massive sum between January and June 2026 under the State Infrastructure and Security funding window.

HURIWA stated that governors can no longer hide behind Abuja while communities collapse under the weight of banditry, kidnapping, and decayed infrastructure.

The Narrative of Blame Must End

The group, in a statement by its coordinator Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, says it is becoming increasingly convenient for governors to portray insecurity as a problem created entirely by the Federal Government while quietly benefiting from increased federal allocations.

“Governors cannot continue to collect more money, exercise enormous constitutional powers, and then blame Abuja whenever citizens are kidnapped, killed, or displaced.” Onwubiko stated, insisting, “Nigerians must begin to scrutinise state finances with the same intensity used in monitoring the Federal Government. The issue is not whether governors have received more money, but whether that money is producing visible results”.