Security: Ben Television London holds international confab on national security
Good initiative; Ben Television
The international Conference on Nigeria’s and Africa’s security situation holds this Thursday, February 23, 2012 in London.
The Management of Ben television, the London based African-Caribbean television station, organisers of the conference claimed that the need to proffer solution to the fragile security situation in Nigeria prompted the Conference, first of its king since the menace of Boko Haram and the scourge of kidnapping and other security threatening occurrences in Nigeria.
The need to proffer solutions to the fragile security situation in Nigeria has prompted BEN TV, an African and
The conference will focus on the challenges that Nigeria faces as a giant of Africa and the similar situation in other parts of the continent which have been facing the menace of fundamentalism and militancy threatening the social fabric, economic development and democratic progress in Nigeria in particular and Africa in general
Emminent personalities.including Nigeria’s Hon Minister of Information Labara Maku, Nigeria’s DG State Security Services, Ita Ekpeyong, and the National Security Adviser, Rtd. Gen Azaziare expected to speak on the best way forward as the nation faces a major security threat ever since her independence 51 years ago.
Other expected are Nigerian senators & members of some states House of Assembly in Nigeria.
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and representatives of the European Business Corps have been confirmed as coming to conhtribute during the one day conference.
Other speakers will includes Chi Onwura., British MP & Keith Vaz (Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee)
British MP, Representatives of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Counter Terrorism Experts from the UK Home Office; British Council lead Consultant on Police Reform, Prof Olu Ogunsakin, Members of the African Diplomatic Corps, Members of the African-British Business Community, the Nigerian Business Community in the UK, Nigerian Professionals in the UK are also expected,.
The coordinator of BEN TV Conference series Tunde Alabi stated that the conference could not have come at a better time than this in the history of Nigeria. He noted that fundamentalism and Militancy has become not only a threat to Nigeria’s democracy but to the people as a nation following the spate of terrorism attacks that have killed more than 1000 innocent Nigerians.
This also comes on the hill of the visit to Nigeria and Speaker of National Assembly Mr. Mark Lowcock and the called by Speaker for assistance.
The Chairman of BEN TV, Alistair Soyode said that the conference will bring together security experts, experienced political and economic analysts while the night will promise to be a night of networking, socialisation and a forum for mediation talks on how to bring to an end a dark moment of Nigeria’s history.
There will be concerted efforts to deliberate on issues by international experts’ who will make concerted efforts at assisting Nigeria and African Government to build a danger free society and increasing peoples confidence and will power for economic development.
The Conference is titled :”Global Terrorism: The Resurgence of Militancy and Fundamentalism – challenges and solutions.
It holds on 23rd February, 2012 in London from 6:00pm to 10:30pm. Special Guest include Nigeria’s High Commission UK.
Conference Coordinator, Tunde Alabi
BEN TV Conference is a live event taking place in UK’s conference centres.
According to Tunde Alabi, the conference will provide the right atmosphere for public interaction on other pressing social issues, especially discussion on issues of general importance affecting individuals and our community in general.
Many government officials from African-Carribean nations and European governments representatives will be in attendance.
The goal according to the coordinator is to proffer solutions to social, economic, political and security challenges facing African nations by bringing together world class experts and where possible representatives of aggrieves organisations and members in a peaceful dialogues and presentations.
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We are most disappointed that the issue of Militancy alone and not “the real root causes of Militancy” have been totally ignored and not addressed!!!
The hand in glove intimate collaboration of “corrupt Government Officials and Oil Companies” who have been exploiting the Niger Delta for decades, and who do little to re-imburse or afford any decent social structure for Niger Delta inhabitants, let alone stop the health-destroying gas flaring and pollution of the Niger Delta. Also whose response to the plaintif cries of those who see no other way forward with the corrupt Nigerian Government (since long before Governer Obasanjo´s political office) to make their poor voices heard to the rest of the world other than by destruction of oil pipelines and the like.
And what response has the Nigerian Government given to these exploited who have become “Activists for their Local Village Communities”?
The response has been “mass murders of civillians and Genocide” of these exploitied people by means of the Joint Task Force, Military & Police of Nigeria.
Nigeria is such a wealthy country which is mismanaged due to corruption.
Attention and money should be invested into:
1) Pumping back the money into the impoverished, wealth-stripped and polluted Niger Delta communities. A Niger-Delta-Cleanup-Project with work, schools and hospitals for all. Plus compensation for each family.
- Thereby removing the root causes and reasons for Militancy, poverty, deep frustration and anger of it´s citizens. – Unless such issues are attended to thoroughly, then these problems will NEVER be solved.
2) In National Security, not being afraid to call on other nations for help in establishing such, establishing real democratic justice, not the present corrupt prison injustices of Nigeria, and Police Prison torture of victims, along with fair trial of any criminal, or human activists seeking democratic justice.
Also not allowing the fear-mongering tactics of a handful of Boko Haram terrorists to lame and terrify an entire Nation.
We in the Shengen Countries in Europe have to deal with the aftermath of severely traumatized individuals who had to flee from the injustices of the terror and corruption and Genocide of their entire families and friends due to Nigeria´s own JTF.
Nigeria it is time for you to wake up, and start making your Nation into a peaceful and safe and wealthy one. You are all brothers in Nigeria, unite in making your Nigeria one that the rest of the world can look up to and respect!!!