The National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) has finalized plans to host this year’s annual security conference, themed “Crime Prevention and Awareness: Institutionalizing Citizen Participation, Technology, and the Future.”
According to a statement signed by the Association’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Eric Elezuo, the event will take place on September 21, 2022 at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, with prominent safety experts and strategists lining up to hear the best safety presentations keep.
Speaking of the forthcoming event, the Association’s President, Mr. Samson Oki, told the press that “This year’s conference theme was drawn against the background that our security agencies have been severely stretched to the limit.
You cannot face the enormous challenge of crime prevention and intelligence gathering alone.
Citizens within the country, citizens in the diaspora, the international community and technological innovations must be called upon to ensure territorial integrity and the maintenance of peace and order in our dear nation of Nigeria.
“When banditry, riots, kidnapping, robbery, etc. occurs, it not only affects the citizenry but also weakens the military and paramilitary forces.
He claimed that “security agencies must therefore put in place appropriate practices and measures that will show citizens that their contributions are needed and will allay fears from their hearts.
The citizenry must be sure that their knowledge, information and input will not lead to reprisals.
Agencies too must begin to take full advantage of the immense benefits that technological innovations offer us in the 21st century.
This is the basis of the interaction between the population and the security authorities that the NAOSNP Annual Security Conference 2022 aims to evoke.
“The high-profile national media event will gather key stakeholders from the security sector, captains of industry, entrepreneurs, government officials, business executives, ICT and media executives,” added Oki.
Among the dignitaries to be billed for the event are Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the main host; former Ogun State Governor, Chief Segun Osoba, who will serve as Day Chairman; Army Chief of Staff, General Farouk Yahaya, who will deliver the keynote address.
Others are Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba; Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Commander-General Ahmed Abubakar Audi, Comptroller General of Immigration, CG Idris Isah, Former Military Governor of Old Imo State, General Ike Nwachukwu; Lagos State Security Trust Fund Board Member, Dr. Ayo Ogunsan, and HRM Oba Suleiman A. Bamgbade as Father of the Day.
The event will be hosted by popular standup comedian Oluwaseyitan Aletile aka Seyi Law and radio girl Dayo Anthony.
A panel session will also be held during the conference, at which selected dignitaries will speak on prominent and timely security issues and receive comments and questions from the audience.
The 2022 edition of the NAOSNP Security Conference is the third in the series.
The first took place in 2020, while the second took place in October 2021 at NECA House, Ikeja, with two former IGs, Mike Okiro and MD Abubakar, as keynote speakers.
