PLAC and Centre For Strategic Research & Studies (National Defence College Nigeria) organised a capacity building workshop/ retreat of the Committee on Defence between 16 and 17 March 2020 at the National Defence College Abuja. The programme was attended by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, the Committee Chairman and majority of the members of the Committee, the Chairman of the House Committee on Army, the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Chief of Air Staff, other high level officials of the Armed Forces and participants of the National Defence College annual course. The retreat provided a platform for the commencement of constructive dialogue and interaction between the House Committee on Defence and the top echelon of the Defence apparatus in Nigeria. It also provided an opportunity for legislators to better understand the major security and defence challenges in the country and brainstorm ways of tackling them.