Aregbesola Urges Every Nigerian To Be Interested In Security

– Minister of Interior,Rauf Aregbesola said that the issue of national security was all encompassing

– With your determination, security of lives and properties will be guaranteed in this country

– National security requires the involvement of all stakeholders in the management of security challenges

The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has urged every Nigerian to be interested in security because of its core role in any civilisation.

Aregbesola made the call at the opening of the Leadership in National Security Course 3, organised by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre in collaboration with Peace Building Consult on Monday in Abuja.

He said that the issue of national security was all encompassing, adding that everything starts and ends with security.

The minister, who defined security as the “banishment to the existence of anxiety and threat to human existence”, urged participants to develop template for addressing the Nation’s security challenges.

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“I am here to join forces with those who are sacrificing their comfort and safety to ensure the security of Nigeria.

“With your determination, security of lives and properties will be guaranteed in this country,” he said.

In the same vein, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, who was represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans, Lt. Gen Lamidi Adeosun, said that that yearning for a peaceful environment was of fundamental importance.

He stressed the need for a national security discourse for peace and sustainable development.

According to him, national security requires the involvement of all stakeholders in the management of security challenges.

“It is my sincere belief that the knowledge the participants and the stakeholders will acquire at the end of this course will be of tremendous benefit to the system.

“Let me seize this unique opportunity to re-assure this audience that with continued collaboration and deepened synergy between the security agencies and the citizens, the myriad of security issues besetting the nation will be ameliorated for enthronement of peace and tranquility,” he said.

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Meanwhile, The Comptroller General of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, who was represented by the Deputy Controller General, Human Resources, Mr John Mrabure, said that the course, which was aimed at equipping security managers and civilians with basic understanding of national security was timely.

Ahmed said that training and retraining was necessary so as to enable security personnel and other stakeholders to deploy the appropriate mechanism as well as build the right relationships necessary to ensure safety of lives and properties.