{"id":447281,"date":"2011-06-24T16:08:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T16:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/24\/all-arms-of-govt-should-ensure-national-security-%e2%80%93-nipr-boss\/"},"modified":"2011-06-24T16:08:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T16:08:32","slug":"all-arms-of-govt-should-ensure-national-security-nipr-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/24\/all-arms-of-govt-should-ensure-national-security-nipr-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"All arms of Govt should ensure national security \u2013 NIPR boss"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By SIMEON\u00a0 NDAJI
After\u00a0 the\u00a0 bombing of the\u00a0 Nigeria Police\u00a0 Force\u00a0 Headquarters in\u00a0 Abuja by Boko Haram,\u00a0 another threat came again,telling\u00a0 the Inspector\u00a0 General of Police(IGP),Hafiz\u00a0 Ringim to beg\u2026 even resign or expect more havoc.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 implication of this\u00a0 threat is that\u00a0 there is\u00a0 no peace in the offing. Ironically, the enemies appear to be more battle-ready as they have made the North ungovernable. Robbers now hide under the cover of Boko Haram to rob and kill.These ugly incidents undoubtedly will\u00a0 degenerate\u00a0 the image of Nigeria that needs redemption.<\/p>\n

Barrister Jide Ologun, Chairman, Nigerian Institute of\u00a0 Public Relation(NIPR) spoke\u00a0 to Saturday\u00a0 Vanguard\u00a0 on this issue.Excerpts:<\/p>\n

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Barr. Ologun<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The use of terrorism and other forms of violence have become a way of expressing grievances in Nigeria. What is responsible for this?
When we talk about grievances it depends on how people feel. When communication flow is not effective in expressing grievances amicably, then violent expression becomes an option. And that is a product of absence of understanding.<\/p>\n

How can the society get rid of Boko Haram saga and the\u00a0 state of anomie?<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t get rid of security anomaly. You can only minimise the situation because as long as we have human relations there will be friction, and professional approach is to be proactive, knowing that security is both a process and product, and one helpful device is to appreciate the needs and yearnings of stakeholders and seek to meet the need for mutual benefit to have a premium appreciation for the presentation\/protection of lives and properties of humanity.<\/p>\n

In June 3, 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Terrorism (Prevention) Bill 2011 and Money Laundering (Prohibition) Bill into law. Do you think this can arrest the situation of insecurity?<\/p>\n

Yes, I believe it can arrest the situation if effectively implemented. But unfortunately, most times what we have is law on the papers. Law on the pages of papers are merely cosmetic letters that only become relevant if implemented.\u00a0\u00a0 The people do not pay attention to\u00a0 law except there is deliberate effort to enforce it. In the light of terrorism, Boko Haram, are they ghosts? They are persons known to government,and the law is clear enough on the consequences of criminal involvement in terrorism.<\/p>\n

But when terrorists escape deserved prosecution, then we reinforce their activities which constitute a huge national danger. We all know the status of the Police Headquarters, and the office of the Inspector General of Police, and the recent bombing of the office has shown us that the terrorists are not jokers \u2013 who may guess their next target of assignment, and while we ponder on their havoc-it was reported that they had already gone ahead to bomb Katsina killing a divisional crime officer(DCO), four police officers and a civilian just within one week.<\/p>\n

Apart from the families that are affected, our collective responsibility is that our national image is involved. If you click on Nigeria on line by default or otherwise, it will shock you that we are now joining the league of terrorised regions. We need to counsel and plead strongly that professionals should be professionals rather than sit back or dose off in the privileges of office (while Nigeria is on the verge of a precipice) security agencies should stay awake in the exercise of mandatory professional duties. We should also note that politics has become a high yield venture in Nigeria so some profile politicians with their ill-gotten wealth can channel their resources to intimidate Nigerians to score political marks at the expense of our suffering.<\/p>\n

What\u00a0 signal\u00a0 could\u00a0 this be\u00a0 sending to the populace\u00a0 that after\u00a0 signing the bill, terrorism don\u2019t seem to\u00a0 have abated?<\/p>\n

The national situation is in itself a security threat given the level of unemployment, the epileptic power supply and economic hardship \u2013 the educational situation will all harmonise to make some Nigerians lose respect for harmonious living, knowing that while some of them are suffering so much (not by choice), some others are enjoying so much; they engage in some criminal activities to make a living\u2026 (There is always a ransom for kidnapping) \u2013 and this shows that these perpetrators want a share of \u201cthe goodies held by some select or elect few.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf success is common nobody will envy the other talkless of intimidating the other.\u201d The disparity in the enjoyment of the national dividends of democracy is a cause for concern. And this problems can be fixed by the doctrine of sincere governance. We have also discovered that this national problems constitute good business for some.<\/p>\n

For instance, those who prosper by offering alternatives to regular and reliable power supply in the nation while paralysing industrialisation, a key element in national development \u2013 should we not also mention those who collect and self-appropriate security votes that must continue to flow so much that insecurity is created to keep the votes flowing when the pivotal role models are questionable characters, what future has the youth who must look up to those who are ahead of them?\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think\u00a0 President Jonathan is doing enough to handle Boko Haram saga,other forms of terrorism and kidnapping\u00a0 in our society?<\/p>\n

Let President Jonathan be aware that some Nigerians perceive him as a very gentle president \u2013 and we strongly warn him to learn from the Obama\/Osama Bin Laden episode. \u201cTerrorists are no respecter of lives and property rather destroyers of same. Prevention is always better and cheaper than cure.\u201d All the arms of government should arise and secure the nation or else we all shall find ourselves running helter-skelter for need of security. God has endowed us with all we need to live securely.<\/p>\n

We may either neglect this endowment or maximise them. Security is a collective privilege and responsibility. \u201cWhen there is no internal security, external security is threatened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government should not be bigger than the people rather they should be accountable to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

I am advocating the emergence of the fourth arm of the government which is the people who will hold the three other arms accountable. In this category we the likes of Lamido Sanusi Lamido, who cried out about the bumper earnings in the National Assembly that resulted in changing the electoral landscape in that political environment as witnessed during the last April 2011 elections.<\/p>\n

Then kudos to the government of President Goodluck Jonathan for signing Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill into law \u2013 which has given the media\u00a0 and the general\u00a0 public\u00a0 access\u00a0 to\u00a0 relevant\u00a0 information on national\u00a0 governance.<\/p>\n

What is\u00a0 your assessment\u00a0 of the media in the light\u00a0 of the recent\u00a0 episode?<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 Nigerian\u00a0 media\u00a0 deserves great\u00a0 and resounding\u00a0\u00a0 applause.All the same,I thank God\u00a0 for worthy representative, Abike Dabiri\u2014who\u00a0 with\u00a0 limited\u00a0 support swam against\u00a0 the tide\u00a0 to\u00a0 deliver\u00a0 the\u00a0 dividend\u00a0 of democracy\u2026 .<\/p>\n

The privileges of\u00a0 office\u00a0 has\u00a0 the potential\u00a0 to dissociate the\u00a0 government from\u00a0 feeling\u00a0 the pulse\u00a0 of mass\u00a0 suffering.\u201dThe angry man is\u00a0 not\u00a0 only an angry\u00a0 man,he\u00a0 has become\u00a0 a very\u00a0 dangerous\u00a0 man.Those\u00a0 who\u00a0 are up\u00a0 should be wise enough\u00a0 to pull those who are\u00a0 down up to\u00a0 consolidate the\u00a0 up\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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