Question 10 Of 23 Presiding Questions For 2023 Presidential Quests: Their Ambitions Versus Our Convictions By Dr Adetolu Ademujimi

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SECTION B: REVAMP OF PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Before you give a uniformed man a gun to secure others, give food to his gut and secure his family’s needs. One of the major reasons for the demoralized security structure in our troubled country is the poor infrastructure (not only in terms of working tools) available to promote the welfare of the security personnel.
How many past and present Nigerian Presidents have ever undertaken on-the-spot-assessment tours of the Police stations across the nation? How many Police and Army barracks have they intentionally visited to ascertain the inhuman state of the physical infrastructure in these places for our gallant internal and external security forces and their beloved families? While we canvass for State Police, the physical infrastructure that would boost the working conditions and morale of the Federal security agencies as at today are deplorable and have remained unacceptably so for decades.
Furthermore, media revelations have it that virtually all our correctional centers, each commonly housing three times its expected number of occupants (convicted & awaiting-trials), have less-than-average infrastructure that can’t even cater to “imprisoned’ animals, let alone human inmates. Little wonder why many convicts come out of these supposed correctional centers as hardened felons and not refined (or corrected) citizens.
Therefore, we are convinced that the lip service by the Federal Government to the critical infrastructure in the security sector has gone on for too long to become a national tragedy. We are convinced that the rhetoric of “massive infrastructure upgrade and renewed fight against insecurity” must end come 2023 through deliberate budgetary provisions and financial releases to urgently upgrade Police stations, barracks occupied by security forces & their families, and correctional centers.
Do you hold this same view?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Indifferent
Dr. Adetolu Ademujimi is a Medical Doctor, Author, Reformer, Coach and Public Policy expert who wrote in from Akure in Nigeria. Email: ademujimi@yahoo.co.uk; Twitter: @toluademujimi; Instagram: @adetoluademujimi; Linkedin: @adetolu ademujimi