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| President Goodluck Jonathan |
PREAMBLE:
Institute
for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) in collaboration with Civil Society
Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) convened the maiden meeting of the National
Peace and Security Forum. The objectives was to provide sufficient
cooperation by all citizens, civil society organizations (CSOs) and think tanks
to develop insights and be able to attract information
from various levels that will be particularly useful for early warning and
early response. The
meeting discussed strategies, options and alternatives for our security
institutions in combating insecurity in Nigeria. There were 42 participants in attendance
including representatives from the Security Institutions, MDAs, CSOs, IPCR, NSRP, INEC, NEMA and the National
Orientation Agency. After exhaustive deliberations on
the issues, the following observations and recommendations were made:
OBSERVATIONS:
·
Crimes and threats to Peace and Security have
dramatically increased since 1999 when Nigeria resumed
its democratic experiment. This democracy gave room for the emergence of the
current insurgency threats since 2002.
· The failure to counter security threats and crimes
at incubation can only be blamed on our current methods of operations which promote
turf protection, politicization of security claims as well as indifference to
security matters.
·
There is lack of inter-agency collaboration amongst
security institutions; superior knowledge claim and partisanship of CSOs and
Media are cumulative tools that have deepened conflict in Nigeria.
·
There is no articulated document on the National
Security Strategy, except an ad hoc statement from government; this has narrowed
strategies, approaches and options available to security and non-security
apparatus in Nigeria.
·
Political actors have refused or failed to use
intelligence and report in critical decision making process thereby creating
weak systems, Structures and institutions.
· There is no harmonized emergency response platform,
weak identification of nationals as a means of security check, poor ICT and
data availability and weak witness protection program.
Recommendations:
· There is need for the forum to engage actively in
advocacy to relevant authorities for the adoption of the National Peace Policy
as an instrument to promoting peace at all level in the country.
· All security agencies should embrace new dynamics of
security paradigms in the ongoing campaign on counter insurgencies, Early
warning system and response as well as depoliticizing issues around security.
· There is need to strengthen inter agency
collaboration at state and National level between democratic, intelligence and
action agencies, as well as build linkages to the Joint Intelligence Board,
Intelligence Community Council Meeting and the National Emergency Board.
· The forum should advocate for the Office of the
National Security Adviser to finalize and release the recently validated draft
of the National Security Strategy for the use of all security institution and
the public alike.
· Political actors are charged to demonstrate
political will in responding to intelligence reports, implementation of past
recommendations from various peace panels as well as build synergy with the
citizenry to collect sensitive information whilst the forum is expected to
carry out mapping of organizations working Early Warning System.
· Simulate all emergency platform and popularize them
to collect, collate and analyze information, forum to build capacity of emergency
call center operators, advocacy to National Identity Management Commission to
harmonize records and introduce unique identification codes.
Conclusion:
The meeting elected a co-chair of the National
Peace and Security Forum from the Directorate of State Security Service. Participants
expressed their appreciation to Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution and Civil
Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC). They also thanked Nigeria
Stability and Reconciliation Program (NSRP) for providing the support. Stakeholders
fully demonstrated readiness to collaborating with all stakeholders on issues
of conflict and security as a tool to sustain the engagement with the aim of
promoting Peace in Nigeria.
Signed:
Dr. Joseph
H.P. Golwa
Director
General
Institute of
Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR)
Abuja
Auwal
Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani)
Executive
Director
Civil
Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)
Abuja
Kubua
Gabriel
Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
FCT Command
NHQ, Abuja
Dangiri A.A
Nigeria
Immigration Service (NIS)
Abuja
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