NCRIB President urges newly appointed service chiefs to brace up against insecurity
L-R: Vice President, Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB), Mr. Tunde Oguntade; President, Mrs Bola Onigbogi; Managing Director, African Alliance Insurance Plc, Mrs. Joyce Ojemudia; Head of Finance, African Alliance Insurance Plc, Bode and the NCRIB Executive Secretary, Mr Fatai Adegbenro at the February Edition of NCRIB Members’ Evening
The President, Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB), Dr (Mrs) Bola Onigbogi, has enjoined the newly appointed service chiefs, to brace up to their responsibilities, and ensure the challenge of insecurity in Nigeria, is tackled head-on.
She also reiterated that the role of education and prompt information in tackling insecurity cannot be undermined, calling on the Federal Government to reposition the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to play it’s role of educating Nigerians continually on the need for them to be their brothers’ keepers by breaking down belief systems, be they religious or cultural, militating against peaceful coexistence and sanctity of human lives.
While imploring government to join the league of developed Countries of the world who have resorted to using Information Communications Technology (ICTs) to combat crime, she noted that it is not out of place for the federal, states and local governments to deploy the use of CCTV in all towns and cities in the country to assist the law enforcement agencies to keep better tap on criminal activities throughout the country.
The NCRIB President who made the appeal at the February edition of the Council’s Members Evening, sponsored by African Alliance Insurance Plc, expressed grave discomfort about the increasing spate of insecurity in the country, in spite of government’s efforts to improve the national economy generally.
She noted that there is hardly a day that passes by without reported cases of kidnapping, killing, terrorism and other criminal cases that is fast making our country dreadful to live in.
The NCRIB boss who said the situation has reached a preposterous dimension, posited that it is adversely affecting the pace of economic growth as genuine foreign investors are scared putting their monies into the economy.
According to her, since there is a correlation between insurance and economic growth, it is most auspicious for the NCRIB to join its voices to the need to call on government to put in more efforts to combat security challenges in the country.
While commending the federal government on its decision to change all the service chiefs, she called for a complete overhaul of the nation’s security apparatus while at the same time enhancing collaboration with governments and institutions both within and outside the country to put an end to the menace of insecurity in the country.
