Leadership at what ever level goes with much attention, demand, courage and many other qualities and attributes including the fear of God . Infact to rise to the position of a security leader, starts the day one gets enlisted and he or she starts exhibiting leadership quality traits. Leaders in security institutions are full of knowledge, skill, discipline and according to Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Security leadership involves overseeing and implementing measures to protect people, assets, and information from various threats. Here are some key criteria for effective security leadership: Core Competencies
Leaders must be Strategic in their thinking. They must possess the ability to develop and implement comprehensive security strategies in-line with institutional goals.
Security leaders must possess the capacity to identify, assess and mitigate security risks.
They must have effective communication skills that would help them to collaborate with stakeholders, teams and external partners.
Infact, security leaders must also possess Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex security challenges.
Also, they must be able to build and lead high-performing teams and foster partnerships with other departments and organisations.
In all, security leaders must avail themselves and also update their technology skills. They should also be familiar with security tools and equipment. Moreover security leaders should have security awareness.
Vision: Security leader must be able to inspire and motivate teams to achieve security goals and should possess Integrity and high moral standard.
Decisiveness: A security leader should be decisive in taking decisions.
Accountability: A security leader must be accountable and own up to responsibilities. These are the reason why security leaders are better qualified for leadership positions because of the endowment and other acquired qualities they possess and imbibe in the cause of their training. Infact acquiring knowledge and passing through hard training for thirty five years further helps to toughen them in all ramifications. It is obvious that throughout the democratic era some security leaders allowed political issues permeate and influence their decisions, just as water passes through Okro soup due to laikadestical nonchalance while on duty. which is the reason why the Boko Haram terrorists had upper hand for over ten years, killing both civilians and unknown numbers of soldiers at the war front. Also they allow politicians to penetrate their ranks thereby weakening their strategies to the detriment of both the institution and the country. Today, base on the improved security strategy, the country is witnessing an all round successes in the fight against terrorist, bandits, internal criminals, kidnappers and drug barons both internally and externally. So, many are praising these security leaders for raining peace once again on the country. As grateful citizens, applause therefore goes to these security leaders, Army, Air Force, Navy, Nigeria Police, Nigeria immigration service, Nigeria Customs service and Nigeria prisons service. Others are National drug enforcement agency, Directorate of security service, Economic and financial crime commission. These security leaders rose to the Herculean task of fighting criminality by denying themselves the necessary comfort and most time push their subordinates to a breaking point just to serve and secure the country. These leaders often deprive themselves of necessary sleep in the overall interest of the country. A good example is late Chief of Army staff Lieutenant General Taofeek, Lagbaja who was alleged to had over worked himself to a breaking point and had slumped in the office sequel to stress before he died. Same with over a hundred police officers who were reported to had died sequel to stress and hypertension while serving Nigerians. These and more are the reason for the special appreciation to these security leaders for their selflessness, good intention and patriotic zeal to serve Nigerians by protecting their lives and property. Leadership is not a child game, It takes sterner stuff to raise a man to become a leader. Leaders are tough minded. They are disciplined, they sacrifice their comfort in the overall interest of the majority.
They are no dreamers but visioneries. Leaders talk tough and are made of sterner stuff. Indeed, Leaders like the biblical David are never afraid of intimidating Goliath. Such attributes are what President Bola Tinubu found in the present Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa who while addressing military officers reiterated the resolve of the military to permanently end the war against terrorists and bandits creating insecurity around the country. He said “2025 is another year coming ahead, it’s a defining year for all of us, we want to make sure that we do more. The present commander in chief has mandated us to put more efforts in all the regions to ensure that there is peace especially in the south south area so that we will have full registration of production, so that Nigeria can benefit and once the economy is good we believe that peace and security will improve.
So I want to appeal all of you not to get tired, not to get discouraged. There’s light at the end of the tunnel and we are getting there, most criminals, most bandits, most kidnappers, our own warning to them is “let them fizzle out as they started” we will not relent until we bring everyone of them to book. especially those ones that are supporting them directly or indirectly. All their sponsors, all their informants are not going to be free.
We want to call on all Nigerians to put hands together to ensure that we succeed, it’s not a challenge for the Arm forces alone, it’s a Nigerian challenge and all Nigerians must put hands together to succeed. Unity is what we preach, we are here to protect and defend democracy, we stand by democracy both within and outside the country, we assure you of our commitment”.
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New Year Security Hint Avoiding Suicide Idea
Sequel to increasing number of suicide cases in the country due to rising cost of living and challenging times, people nursing the idea to commit suicide are advised to open up and discuss their frustrations and problems with either close friends, relations, colleagues or religious leaders.
b: Do not stay alone at home.
C: Remember that God is against such action.
D: Avoid smoking, consuming alcoholic drinks and taking hard drugs.
E: Endevour to sing religious songs always, remember that many others are passing through the same frustrating situation.
(For help call Radio pastor innocent Eko:
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F: To avoid illegal use ATM card for online transactions, ensure that you copy out for safe keeping the numbers on the ATM card but scrape of 3 digits out of the number. This would prevent any illegal use of the number for online transactions.