Nigeria-map-colourOne of the most important indices for judging the performance of any government is the way it handles its security matters. Serious nations give top considerations to national security without denting it with bureaucracy and politics.
Recently, insecurity is seemingly an incurable disease in Nigeria. Yet, the country has a president, 36 governors and774 local government chairpersons who are chief security officers of their various governments. With the security votes and mandates at the disposal of these chief security officers, the citizenry should be entitled to some level of peace and security. Ironically, the essence of the vote and what it is meant to achieve has been marred by the people that instituted it or still benefitting from it.
Security vote is one of the controversial funds the wobbling Nigerian democracy inherited from the military. It is an…
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