NSCDC Insists Constant Review of Strategies Remains Panacea to Overcoming Insecurity

Michael Olugbode in Abuja

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has stressed the need for a constant review of strategies by members of the country’s security architecture as a panacea to confront all forms of insecurity bedeviling Nigeria.

The Corps stated that the present reality calls for a constant rethinking of security strategies such that everybody comes together and pulls resources and expertise together to fight our common enemy.

The position was expressed by the Corps at a seminar on ‘Inter-Agency Collaboration’ for some selected states of Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Edo, Akwa Ibom, and Cross Rivers organised by NSCDC in collaboration with the House of Representatives in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS).

A statement issued yesterday by the National Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC, Babawale Afolabi, noted that the programme fits into such strategy, as it is aimed at ensuring seamless collaboration/synergy among security stakeholders in Nigeria.

According to him, “The Corps noted that there is no doubt that the security of lives and property is very critical to achieving meaningful socio-economic development, especially in a country like Nigeria.”

It maintained that no security agency in Nigeria can single-handedly ensure the security of lives and property, as security challenges of our contemporary time are hydra-headed, and this fact has been proven even beyond Nigeria.

The agency said the other objective of the programme was to ensure all stakeholders across the board are carried along on the mission.

It hinted that similar seminars were organised in three other geopolitical zones: Northeast, Northwest and South-south before the one which drew participants from the states above.

The Corps expresses gratitude to Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) for its partnership and belief in Nigeria by ensuring the implementation of the programme and other activities for the benefit of Nigeria and Nigerians.

It also applauded the contribution of Ms Marija Peran, the Resident Representative in Nigeria, for her important role in the continuous nurturing of the collaboration between the NSCDC and KAS.

The NSCDC stressed that a constant review of strategies is an important panacea to overcoming insecurity, noting the need for a constant review of strategies by members of the country’s security architecture as a panacea to confront all forms of insecurity bedeviling Nigeria.

Participants, who were mostly senior officers, were encouraged to learn new things, noting that security management is ever-dynamic, and it has made learning a continuous process.