Insecurity: Lagos Calls for Better Funding of Security Agencies

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September 11, 2014 – The Federal Government has been called upon to invest more money in the funding of security agencies as part of effort to tackle the problem of insecurity and insurgents in Nigeria.

Chairmen of 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State made the call in a communique issued at the end of a two day conference in Lagos.

In the communiqué signed by Mr. Fashola Abdul-Rafiu, and four others in behalf of Conference 57, the chairmen called on the Federal Government to invest a lot of money in acquisition of security gadgets to be able to tackle security challenges confronting the country.

The chairmen explained that though the primary objective of every responsible government is protection of lives and properties, the state of security in the country presently demands that all hands are put on deck to compliment efforts of the three tiers or government to bring about adequate security in Nigeria.

“The following can be used as strategies for security re-engineering in Nigeria: Community policing, security consciousness and re-awakening, adequate funding to cater for the provision of modernized security equipment and other relevant logistic support, intelligence gathering i.e. investigation/thorough surveillance and speedy disposition of criminal proceedings.

The communiqué emphasized the role of various communities in effective dissemination of information that can help improve security at the grassroots level.

“The grassroots is unequivocally the lowest ebb of human interaction. So emphasis and great attention should be geared towards the provision of far reaching security awareness at this level”, he said.

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