GOOD MORNING NIGERIANS AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER BUMPER EDITION OF PEOPLE’S SECURITY MONITOR YOUR RELIABLE PLATFORM FOR CONVERSATION BETWEEN NIGERIANS AND THEIR PATRIOTIC SECURITY AGENTS.
AS YOU ALREADY KNOW THE SECURITY SITUATION IN NIGERIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR CONCERN ON PEOPLE’S SECURITY MONITOR, AND IT DOES PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF IDEAS ON HOW BEST TO GO ABOUT REDUCING INSECURITY IN NIGERIA
OBVIOUSLY, WE GET THE BETTER ATTENTION OF STAKEHOLDERS AND THE REST OF NIGERIANS AS FAR AS SECURITY IS CONCERNED ON THIS PROGRAMME.
WHAT’S MORE? WE ARE IN THE NIGHRBORHOOD OF PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ALONG WITH ALL HIS SECURITY CHIEFS WHERE ALL EARS ARE ON GROUND.
AND BECAUSE OF THIS, WE HAVE NO DOUBT IN OUR MINDS THAT OUR VIEWS AND OPINIONS ON THIS PROGRAMME COUNT A LOT.
OUR DISCUSSION THIS MORNING CENTERS ON THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE INSECURITY QUAGMIRE CONFRONTING NIGERIA AND IT HAS BEEN USED IN ADVANCING SOCIAL AND NATIONAL INSECURITY SUCH AS THE SITUATION IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF NIGERIA.
FOR SOME YEARS NOW TERRORISM AND PROPAGANDA HAVE ENGULFED THE NORTHERN PART OF NIGERIA BY INSURGENT GROUPS WHILE SEPERATIST GROUPS HAVE ALSO CARRIED OUT DEMOSTRATIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST. EACH OF THESE GROUPS IS USING VARIOUS KINDS OF ONLINE MEDIA TO PROPAGATE THEIR AGENDA
THE GENERAL PUBLIC ALSO USES SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO ESCALATE THIS PROPAGANDA, WHICH SOMETIMES IS FAKE NEWS.
HOWEVER THERE IS NO COMPHRENSIVE STUDY ON THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TOWARDS THE CHALLENGES OF INSECURITY CONFRONTING THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN REGIONS OF NIGERIA.
NO DOUBT ABOUT THE FACT THAT NIGERIA’S SECURITY CLIMATE IS VERY POOR DUE TO UNHOLY ACTIVITIES OF SOME UNPATRIOTIC AND AGENTS OF INSECURITY ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND WHATSUP, THEY ARE OUT IN FULL SWING TO CONSISTENTLY HINDER NATIONAL SECURITY AND INCREASE IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF NIGERIA AND MANY MORE PLACES, CREATING AND SUSTAINING MISINFORMATION IN WAR FARE WHICH ALSO SERVES AS RECRUITMENT TOOL FOR TERRORISTS.
I’M (MR SECURITY), ISIAKA MUSTAPHA AND I SHALL BE DIRECTING THE AFFAIRS OF THIS PROGRAMME FOR THE NEXT 45 MINUTES ON NIGERIA’S TOP OF THE CLASS LOVE FM 104.5 CROWTHER RADIO