NAOSRE Security Discourse: Ned Nwoko Sues For Adequate Funding

<p><em>NAOSRE Security Discourse creates fresh dimension for Ned Nwoko to sue adequate funding for personnel even as he partners Health Ministry to tackle Malaria<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>Reports that at the NAOSRE Security<strong> Discourse<&sol;strong> which held in Lagos&comma; former House of Representatives member and founder of STARS University&comma; Prince Ned Nwoko&comma; has said never before had Nigeria faced wanton insecurity&comma; as in recent times with reckless killings&comma; kidnappings and armed robberies among others by bandits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He spoke at the Annual Dinner Night &amp&semi; Discourse organized by the National Association of Online Security Reporters &lpar;NAOSRE&rpar; held in Lagos on Friday&comma; was represented by Dr&period; Tony Akposeri<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking in his capacity as Grand Patron on the topic&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;2021 Nigeria Security&colon; Issues&comma; Finding and Prospects”&comma; Nwoko said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Today is not the issue of sacking the service Chiefs as being advocated by some Nigerians&period; That will not solve the issue of security challenges&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He stated that if the President sack the service chiefs and we don&&num;8217&semi;t do the right thing&comma; the issues affecting the security of lives and properties will still continue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Nwoko<&sol;a> enjoined the government to remunerate the security personnel&comma; as well as recruit adequate personnel to safeguard the nation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Nigeria Police is the principal law enforcement agency&period; It is the lead security agency in Nigeria with a staff strength of about 371&comma;800&period; There are currently plans to increase the force to 650&comma;000&comma; adding 280&comma;000 new recruits to the existing 370&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nigeria has more than 370&comma;000 Police officers and a Police-to-citizen ratio of 1 to 400&comma; which more than meets the UN&&num;8217&semi;s recommended figure&period; Also&comma; they need sophisticated weapons&period; Again&comma; their salaries and pensions must be given priority&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Elaborating more&comma; Nwoko suggested to the government that the children of all security personnel should enjoy free education from primary to the university level&comma; pointing that it will be a moral booster to them and helps get the best from them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Furthermore&comma; Nwoko spoke on funds and prospects&period; The former House of Representatives member stated that personnel should be aware of funds coming to their Cadre&comma; stressing that it will give room for transparency<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Finally&comma; Nwoko added that security is not just the task of government and security agencies&period; He said it&&num;8217&semi;s the responsibility of all citizens&comma; urging all Nigerians to give useful and accurate informations on the activities of hoodlums&comma; bandits and anti peace organizations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said churches&comma; mosques&comma; schools and others have a great role to play in promoting moral instructions that will set the values of honesty&comma; discipline and hard work in the society&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our security personnel are not immune against the bite of mosquitoes which causes malaria&comma; either at home or at their duty post&period; However&comma; my foundation in partnership with the federal ministry of health and other relevant stakeholders are planning to eradicate malaria in Africa starting with Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I urge you all to join hands with me as we take care of our environment&comma; fund vaccine development and fumigate the entire country&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s possible with your mobilization and advocacy of our strategies so that all our security personnel will also be free of malaria and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Nigeria<&sol;a> will be a malaria free nation&comma;” he concluded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;