Insecurity in Nigeria

INSECURITY IN NIGERIA This essay is written to give knowledge on the causes and solution to the in protective cover in Nigeria. From this, we see that it is expressly provinced in our Constitution that the governing(s) is in the end responsible for the protection of lives, property, etc of the the great unwashed of Nigeria. Internal certificate, or IS, is the twist of keeping peace within the circumferencesof asovereign stateor oppositeself-governing territories. This is done generally by upholding the bailiwick integrityand defending against internal security measures threats.Responsibility for internal security may range frompolicetopara military machineforces, and in exceptional circumstances, themilitaryitself. (Wikipedia) Threats to Internal security Threats to the general peace may range from low-level civilised dis regularize, large scale vehemence, or even an fortifyinsurgency. Threats to internal security may be say at either the states citizens, or the organs an d infrastructure ofthe stateitself, and may range from pettycrime, terribleorganized crime, political or industrial unrest, or even domestic terrorist sham.Foreign powers may likewise act as a threat to internal security, by either committing or sponsoring terrorism orrebellion, with bring out verydeclaring war. Forces and Agencies Governmental responsibility for internal security allow for generally rest with aninterior ministry, as conflicting to adefense ministry. Depending on the state, a states internal security testament be maintained by either the ordinarypolice or police force enforcementagencies or more(prenominal)(prenominal) militarized police forces ( cognize asGendarmerie).Other specialized internal security agencies may exist to augment these main forces, such asborder guards,special police units, or aspects of the statesList of news agencies. In some states, internal security may be the primary responsibility of asecret police force. The level of authorized f orce utilise by agencies and forces responsible for maintaining internal security might range from unarmedpoliceto fully armedparamilitaryorganizations, or employ some level ofless- permithal weaponryin between.For violent situations, internal security forces may contain some element of military type equipment such asnon-military armored vehicles. notwithstanding enough of definitions and insinuations. What we are talking about is not merely petty crimes, armed robberies, etc, merely terrorism and bombings, armed insurgency, e. g. the Niger Delta business, which seemed to abide died d deliver a bit of recent, after all the hullabaloo of Amnesty, Jos heathen/ sacred killings, Boko Haram massacres and bombings in Abuja, Maiduguri and an early(a)(prenominal) northern cities, etc.What every Nigerian should be doing is asking and demanding answers on what has been done so far since October 1st, 2010 Independence Day Twin Bombing in Abuja FCT. non to mention numerous bombings in Maiduguri, Bauchi and Adamawa. Mind you, these are not the first instances of such insecurity. Insecurity has been with us probably since we became a Republic, only we decided to turn blind eyes to it. When the CIA report of 2005 predicted the collapse of Nigeria in about 15 years while, patriots and critics alike reacted differently to the report.For me, as a good deal as I wanted to dismiss it, something unploughed niggling my mind that this might be a true prophetic scrutiny of the state of Nigeria. Not because the CIA is dependable in its security analysis, after all, they didnt get it right to prevent 9/11 2001 from happening, but events in Nigeria seemed to suggest that while other countries in the sub-region were developing, Nigeria was retrogressing despite its claim to democracy.People expected the then Government of Obasanjo to take this warning as a chance for Nigeria to look inwards, engage with the report, and work on those prophetic indices that could lead to the p redicted distress. But, inopportunely, the Obasanjo government dismissed the report in its totality. In a way, the dismissal is not all in all a surprise, since our leaders, over the years, are prone to such habits of shielding the truth from their people, not caring as long as it does not happen in their time are actually very stolid of what is going on around them, and are obstinate and tyrannical in their nature.The current general state of insecurity in Nigeria has now lent weight to the report. It moldiness be recalled that while the report was released at the advent of the so-called Niger Delta crisis, since then several acts of bombings and killings by the extremist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, the carnage between ethnic Birom and the Hausa/Fulani in Jos, and the political violence that followed immediately after the 2011 Elections results, mostly in the northern grapheme of the country, have further cemented the insecure state of the country.Starting with the usual religiou s/ethnic oriented conflicts, to the Jos ethnic/religious/political conflict of 2008, regrettably, the northern states have shown that security of persons and properties is still far from be realizable. However, the current crisis which started in Bauchi and has engulfed other states in the north has elements of theocratic opinionated ambitions in it. While the fundamentalist group Boko Harams demand for the jettisoning of a western behavioral pattern and the imposition of strict Sharia law can be expound as absurd to say the least, we should equally view it with all the seriousness it de arranges.What the current trend of violence is imprinting on the psyche of Nigerians is that the government security apparatus is in fitted of guaranteeing the safety and security of its people. This would, therefore, match on the general human security of the people as the situation promotes fear, while at the identical time limiting the peoples ability to develop economically. At the same ti me, the states capacity to attract investors becomes limited as a result of the insecurity.For instance, states like Enugu and Bauchi that have huge tourism potential would be losing out on this front On different terrorist attacks, listen to what leaders with political will had to say On 9/11 This is an act of war against the United States. Well hunt down the terrorists. They can run but they cant veil George Bush London Bombing Well track down the terrorists and bring them to justice Tony Blair UN House Bombing act of terrorism is a global phenomenon. May be it is Nigerias turn. Goodluck Jonathan So what our supreme leader is saying is that, why not, its our turn to start getting blown up.How much more should we expect? That shows you the depth of intelligence and care of our leaders. Security was a driving issue in the last Presidential campaign pursuit bomb blast by Niger Delta militants and attacks of police by members of the extremist Islamic group, Boko Haram in the n orthern part of the country. President Jonathan campaigned very hard to convince Nigerians that his government was meeting those security challenges. But the rioting, mostly in the North, that followed immediately after his election raised questions, which are still unanswered, about security preparedness.At least 800 people were said to have been killed in these Muslim-Christian electoral violence. As president, it is my solemn duty to defend the make-up of this country. That includes the responsibility to protect the lives and properties of every Nigerian wherever they choose to live, he said Challenges Proposed Solutions Mr. President should acknowledge the failure of the security agencies hence there should be a complete overhaul of the Security Agencies in the county to pre-empt these security demotees. In particular, the failure of the intelligence services to contain the recurring security breaches.The spate of bombings has once more brought to limelight the pauperisatio n for a Sovereign National group. Until these structural distortions and anomalies are addressed, the monster of insecurity will loom large and Nigeria will once more be listed as a terrorist nation. Mr. President has to act decisively to execute his Office, and this can be achieved by implementing the anti-terrorism law and punish culprits of such heinous crimes capable of causing instability in the nation. This will vitiate the implementation of Mr. Presidents transformational agenda.The long-term effect is that the on-going terrorism will discourage potential investors in Nigeria. At the speed Nigeria is deteriorating, there is a strong desire for aSOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCEso that all ethnicnationalitiescan make their stand knownthis amalgamated country. The way forward is for us to keep laying emphasis on the need for the maturation of six regions. The federation should stay but let every region grow at its own pace. The horse opera region has clearly set thepace going by the result of thelast election.All the Western states voted massively for the Action Congress party (ACN), a party thatis not sufficientlydifferentin programmes from the Action Party of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Each region should have their own police Force. MOPOL and Interpolcould be alter into the only Federal Police crack elite team. The rest members of the police force should be dismembered and enjoin to return to their regions. It isthe duty of the regions to now retrain, equip and pay them. Second, the judiciary is not helping matters at all. This entryis heavilycompounding our problems.It has got to really sit up. Cases of corruption are notmeant to be compromised at all, let alone adjourning them everlastingly. The judiciary ought to have, at this stage in our development, evolved time scalesfor cases. Thereought to have beena time to determine a case time to close that case and time to deliverjudgment and head word sentences. In Nigeria, cases that bother on corruption and insecurity have most often been compromised thus the law is no longer acting as a deterrent. What is happening in Jos is too gory to narrate.The endless killing going on in that city has made the demand for regional governmentt more pertinent. The country cannot just continue to toe the line of extinction. Most Nigeriansdo not value human lives. They stretch out them. Mosthave become conditioned to act of carnages, brigandage, looting, massacre,butchery and bestiality. Thirdly, the Federal government should always be decisive on issues that bother on insecurity. We have never had strong leaders. From Shagari to Yar Adua and now to Jonathan, what we have hear were leaders handpicked and imposed on the people.We have over the years been denied leaders that would bring us out of the woods. First were Awo in 1979 and, controversially, Abiola in 1993. We have never had it so bad. OBJ was an imposition by the Northern oligarchy. degeneracy was commonplace under OBJ. Now under Jonath an, what we have is intertwined corruption and insecurity. Ethnic and the foregoing problems and criminal activities each and bodiedly create insecurity and breach of the peace that are likely to or indeed necessitate legitimate amicable and economic activities in the country.These problems also have the very damaging consequence of fine-looking the signal to the rest of the international community that Nigeria is not a safe and secure place and as such not suitable for economic investment and activities. This is particularly important in view of the efforts being made to create the desired atmosphere to attract foreign investment. Beyond the effects of security concerns on the economic fortunes of the country, the nature of the security challenges facing the country also have implications for the countrys political system.As mentioned earlier, social coherency among various groups and interests is important in the process of national political development. Therefore, the cons tituent parts of the country must be and indeed feel that they are being carried along in the process of national governance. hear has shown that widespread discontent and loss of confidence in the system have ways of affecting national political stability. Invariably continuing escalation of violence and crises across the country will impinge on the option of our democracy.Accordingly, there is the challenge to rethink and improve on policy and institutional means of dealing with security concerns arising in the country. At the political level, the federal, state and local anesthetic governments should evolve programmes of cultural and political education and druthers that seek to enthrone the fundamentals of democracy so that the political contestants as well as the stimulus generalisation of the citizens imbibe principles and practices essential for sustainable democracy.Such programmes must also address specific tendencies that create security breach and concerns in the coun try. In addition, a process of legislative and constitutional review should be initiated to assess the countrys constitution and amend or expunge as necessary areas that have been found to give rise to conflicts and security problems. The process should also introduce new provisions and legislations that will ensure better and more useful interplay of interests among all groups and stakeholders in Nigeria.Such exercise should also embrace ways of making the countrys democratic space more open, free, fair and tolerant as exists in other democracies around the world. Among specific lingering political issues that should be addressed are the laws relating to political parties and their activities the establishment, funding and activities of the electoral body local and state government kinship allocation of national resources and revenue citizenship rights devolution of security powers to states and local governments.In addition, the legislative and constitutional review should also embody security sector reforms that will make the security agencies and institutions more effective in combating crimes and other threats to national security and make them accountable to the democratic political system and structures. These democratic structures include the states and local governments. I believe that we need to give a more concrete understanding to the definition of governors as the chief security officers of the state.In all, what we need is a unspoilt government, no more no less. And a good government is possible in as much as people who are put in positions of authority are allowed and are committed to discharge their duties without fear or favors are determined to serve with zeal and patriotism are not ready to sell out to international capital and are ready to stand by the truth and die for it.In all, there is no mono cultural possible action that is a cure-all to the diverse nature of insecurity in Nigeria but I believed and stand by the theory that Nigeri a should evolve into six regions, each region having its Premier or Governor, each region has a right to retain its states or to abolish- the choice is theirs in the region to make each region should be in charge of its Education,Security, Health, Agriculture, Housing, Transport and Energy policies.The central Government should be in charge of the Army, Central Bank, Customs, Prisons and Immigration services, MOPOL and Interpol, ALL WORKING at the same time IN THE INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY. The objections to this Soveriegn National Conference are coming significantly from the core north unbeknownst to the people from that region that the fallout from that gathering would sufficiently be in their favour. Pessimism is a social disease but in a participation of rights, it is rightInsecurity in NigeriaINSECURITY IN NIGERIA Underlying the quest for national security in Nigeria is the issue of political chasteity, which focuses on the question of defining the relationship between the st ate and the various groups in the society. Political morality properly construed seeks to establish and sustain the essential conditions for the smooth functioning of the state and society. It is in this light that we identify the problem of the moral basis of Nigerias security to be a lively imperative of national reconciliation, national survival and national development in the new millennium.Our examination of the moral foundations of national security is all the more significant when we examine the trend of events in the history of military and economic growth in Nigeria, especially under the erstwhile military regimes of Abacha and Babangida. This essay is particularly touch on with showing the pattern of ethical degeneration that led to the systematic and institutionalised erosion of personal and collective peace, safety, stability and harmony within the Nigerian society.Also, the need for an examination of the ethical basis of human social cosmos in Nigeria is further high lighted by president Obasanjo (1999 8) who 245National Security, Social Order in the October 1999 national twenty-four hour period speech emphasized that there is a need to examine the moral foundations of all our actions and to continue to lookup for the conditions that will make Nigeria a just, free and wealthy society. Obasanjosstatement clearly implies that the country is yet to achieve the much desired level of ethical conduct and respect for human dignity that can ensure the tending of security, peace and order in the society.Indeed, the history of Nigeria shows that the practice of documented moral conduct and the guarantee of commensurate personal and national security for all segments of the society has been an illusive and futile project. An examination of the spectrum of national feel reveals the incidence of corruption in high and low places, conflicts and confusion in various communities and regions, greed and selfishness as the guiding principles of human social interaction, as well as a situation of pervasive lawlessness in the conduct of daily life .As aconfirmation of the problem of national security in Nigeria the Nigerian barroom Association NBA has stated that there is increasing national decay and insecurity, which is seen in the regressing economy, unviable hospital facilities and health services, pretermit of good pipe borne water, transportation and fuel problems that have overwhelmed the society (Nwankpa 2000 8). We may also add that the problem of national security is seen in the increasing situation of lawlessness, violence and criminality that have become enzootic in the nation.The evidence of the dismal state national security is seen in what Onyegbula (2000 24) describes as the diminishing hackneyed of living and the deteriorating social infrastructures and educational system. For instance, the roads, refineries,hospitals and schools have not been functioning at their optimum levels. More so, the existence of a poorly tr ained police force, has compelled the abdication of the security of lives and property of Nigerians to the ethnic militia groups and other dubious civil defense and vigilante associations.Together, these civil and institutional security agencies and groups participate in the institutionalise brutalization, extortion and repression of the people. Thus, our argument is that the erosion of both the dignity of the human person and the sanctity of the social order, has ensured that the establishment of genuine national security in the nation has not been adequately guaranteed.More importantly, the earlier approaches, which have been adopted in the attempt to provide national security in Nigeria, have not been successful. Hence, there is a need to seek a new approach to the resolution of the problem of national security in Nigeria and a good point to start the discussion is to attempt a conceptual analysis of social order as a prelude to the examination of national security. Oham Ugochuk wu This day Journalist OHAM UGOCHUKWU YEAR 10 side LANGUAGE