The time has come to retire “security” in the image of the military and begin the construction of security in the image of civilian and civil rule in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s legislatures need to create legislation to supersede the 1999 Constitution’s provisions on security.
SECURITY or that which SECURE in all of its forms was the single most important item, on the governance agenda of most Nigerians in 1999, when they drove the military back to the barracks and returned power to civil rule system.
Nigeria has been grappling with what the executives and legislatures describe as “security challenges” since 1999.
The National Security Summit Report is Nigeria’s latest addition to its dearth of documents on “security” and/or “national security”.
The Special House Committee on National Security should not waste the time of Nigerians with their Deja Vu call for memoranda. They should withdraw the call and apologize to Nigerians.
The National Assembly owed Nigerians the debt of asking and answering the question: what is security, whose security, what is a security issue and how can security be achieved.