The federal government has asked Nigerians to stop giving ethnic colouration to crimes.
Aregbesola further
asked the institute to think of how it could help Nigerians change the
narrative of crime tied to a particular ethnic group and stop prioritising
tension and heating up the polity unnecessarily.
The statement read;
FG URGES NIGERIANS TO
STOP ETHNOCISING CRIMES
The Federal Government
has called on Nigerians to avoid the temptation of giving ethnic colouration to
criminal activities in the country, saying the morality of the African race and
Nigeria in particular, abhors all forms of crimes and criminality.
Minister of the
Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola gave the advice today in his office in
Abuja when he received a delegation from the Executive Intelligence Management
Course (EIMC) 14, of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), led by
its Commandant, Ayodele Adeleke.
Aregbesola observed
that Nigerians must equate security with the global picture of a society that
puts its emphasis on the dignity of man and human development, stressing
further that crime is anathema to the nation.
“One thing we must all
resist is the tendency of seeing crime in relation to one ethnic group or
another, a criminal is a criminal no matter the ethnic group he or she belongs
to. No ethnic group in Nigeria glorifies crime and criminality, so let us all
condemn the crime. Our morality itself makes crime an unpopular vocation,” he
said.
The Minister called on
the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), as a security training
institution, to see the need to develop policy analysis that will ensure
adequate reorientation of an average Nigerian to see crimes and criminality as
they are.
According to him, the institution should begin to think of how
it could help Nigerians change the narrative of crime tied to a particular
ethnic group and stop prioritising tension and heating up the polity unnecessarily:
as no good governance could be provided in the atmosphere of chaos.
Aregbesola who said
that every Nigerian has one thing or the other to offer towards the development
of the country called on the philanthropist to join hands with Government to
empower the less privileged in the society so as to help reduce the rate of
poverty amongst the people, which he said, in most times is a contributory
factor to crimes and criminality in most societies of the world.
In his remarks, the
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Shuaib Belgore who enumerated the
functions of the Agencies under the supervision of the Ministry assured that
the Ministry and its Services would continue to carry out their mandates which
are geared towards the protection of lives and property of Nigerians as well as
citizenship integrity.
Speaking earlier, the
Commandant of the Institute, Ayodele Adeleke said that his team was in the
Ministry to introduce the institution which was saddled with the responsibility
of training top security personnel and also as part of its study requirements
which he said, is to visit strategic Ministries, Departments and Agencies
(MDAs) of the Federal Government with the view to tapping from their wealth of
experience that would help the institution to come up with quality suggestions
and SWOT analysis on how to provide good governance for the people of Nigeria
and West African sub-region, in a better and secured environment.
He said that the
National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) was a leading centre for the
provision of ‘Competence and enhanced training for middle and top level
managers of security in order to advance the best practice in conflict
prevention, mitigation and resolution.’
Adeleke pledged the
commitment of the Institute to partnering with the Ministry of Interior and other
relevant Agencies of Government, with the view to ending the security
challenges confronting the country.
Mohammed Manga
Director (Press &
Public Relations)
For: Honourable
Minister
December 12, 2020
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