INSECURITY: NEED FOR TRADITIONAL LEADERS INVOLVEMENT.

 

Nigeria is really at her worst perilous time in many Ways than one. Insecurity remains the most challenging problem of mankind despite humanity’s outstanding and unsurpassed advancement in the field of science and technology, the world has been moving from one form of horrendous crime to another such as kidnapping, militancy, assassinations, gangsterism,  roadblock robberies, armed muggings, boko haram and of course the raging insurgency dimension hitherto to unknown  in Nigeria which has become the order of the day that have taken over our national discourse.

         The traditional rulers are the gatekeepers of any society and also the catalyst for socio-economic development and the custodian of the tradition and culture of people and values also serve as political symbol of unity and power. The traditional rulers are to provide security for their subjects which is the primary responsibility, this was the norm during the pre-colonial era hence we had well secured communities then but today we rely completely on modern method of security.

Nigeria has not been able to meet the united nation’s requirement which is one policemen to 400 people. The number we have now is grossly inadequate and this little number we have are attached to politicians and government officials.

         Therefore involving traditional institution in security procedures is very vital to any country because they are more relevant in ensuring peace, stability and wellbeing of every given society and also play a vital role in nation building in the contemporary Nigeria situation from the local to federal level.

      

  The 1999 constitution traditional  rulers are not even represented in the council of the state. But the wording of the   1989 constitution with respect to the council of chiefs is exactly the same as  1979 constitution

          In addition, Nigeria security especially with the burgeoning population growth can be improve by involving the traditional rulers insecurity matters because most of occupants of traditional stools are highly qualified and experienced personalities whose wealth of knowledge is a great  asset for development purposes is not in doubt and the key  to the success  and failure of security administration in the country due to the fact that they operate at the grass root and maintain first line contact with the ordinary people and they know who comes in and goes out of their domains. They also understand the requirement of their domains as it relates to the maintenance of law and order .

         Therefore the role of traditional rulers in the security matters In this country can’t be over emphasized, the system should re-invent with pre-colonial era method in order to succeed

         Security is a collective responsibility of all and should not be left for the three ties along. My humble advice to the National Assembly is to enact laws which will fully involve the traditional ruler insecurity matters and also to grant security vote for them, because by so doing it will minimize the security problem across our mother land.

Bello Shehu Shuni

belloshuni84@gmail.com     

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