Nigeria: After the Kuriga Kidnapping

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Thank God that the children who were kidnapped from the Primary and Secondary School in Kuriga, Kaduna State, have returned physically safe.

Their mental health must however, be taken care of, having suffered such a traumatic experience. I'm not sure that the one or two days of psychotherapy that was given to them, is sufficient; they need more attention. I watched an interview of Journalist, Donu Kogbara on Arise TV's Perspectives last weekend, where she narrated how her kidnap experience traumatised her, and the lasting psychological effects it had on her late Mother and herself.

The escape of Africa Regional Manager of Binance, Nadeem Anjarwalla, from a safe house in the custody of the Office of the National Security Adviser , said to be guarded by soldiers, is a prime example of the compromise, corruption, and lack of accountability that unfortunately, exists amongst some of our law enforcement agents. And, it is incidents like this that surely make the people view our law enforcement agencies and agents with suspicion, and also lose confidence in them.

My point? As a matter of urgency, just as Government has set up several Task Forces on the issue of Nigeria's economy, so also should there be a similar initiative on Security. Section 153 & of the Constitution establish the National Economic Council and the National Security Council respectively. Despite the fact that NEC exists, the President saw it fit to establish Economic Task Forces.

 

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