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Mrs. Hildegard Behrendt-Kigozi, the country representative of KAS in Nigeria, welcomed everybody and explained why the topic of security has become so important. Every government needs a certain level of security to survive, so the new government in Nigeria needs to take the issue of security very seriously, as protecting the lives and properties of the citizens is one of the obligations of every government as stated in the 1999 constitution of Nigeria.
Barrister Alobi looked at security from two perspectives. By traditional security, he meant the usual security provided by the government, which everybody is aware of as part of the duty of the government. The second perspective is the human security, which sees security as the empowerment of the citizens to protect themselves through good governance, availability of jobs, social infrastructure etc.
The discussions and questions after the presentation were very lively and both perspectives of security gave big rooms for discussion and solutions to better the Nigerian situation.