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ONDO HOLDS FIRST SECURITY SUMMIT



The alarming rate of security challenges across the country have taken  a very high dimension, posing a great danger to the existence of the country as a corporate entity.



Speaking at the opening ceremony of the first Ondo state security summit the governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu said as the general election will be coming up in a couple of weeks, that the challenges confronting the nation in the past years have been enormous, specifically the issue of security as is becoming more complex,complicate cand compounded.


In his words, " These problem (security challenges) appear dauting, threatening not only the tenuous harmonious relationship existing among the various ethnic groups, but also the very existence of the country"


" Therefore, it has become incumbent on us to take proactive steps to confront theses challenges. While we continue to hope for God's guidance and protection, we must not fail to approach this delicate problem with all the seriousness it deserves" Akeredolu posits.


He noted that, insecurity has been a major challenge globally.that there is hardly any continent in the world without it's own peculiar socio-economic issues.


Saying, Nigeria as a country has had her own share of this existential burden, a phenomenon usually associated with most transitional societies. Socio-economic crises have ensured that the country slips from one crisis to another. Unfortunately which Ondo state being an integral part of the country,has inevitably, shared from the wave of the insecurity.


Akeredolu noted that as his administration in the state is embarking on ambitious progamme of massive infrastructural development to create an enabling environment which will transform the state, it is therefore ,expidient to put in place the necessary security architecture that would enhance all-round development of the state and protect the citizens and investors operating in the state.


At the various plenary session of the summit, papers were presented by security experts amongst who are Professor Femi Odekunle, Commissioner of Police Ondo state, Olugbenga Adeyanju, Rear Admiral  S. Alade (Rtd.) amongst other , with the summit theme; " IMPROVING THE SECURITY ARCHITECTURE OF ONDO STATE FOR SUSTAINABLE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT"



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