Counselling as a Mechanism for Enhancing National Security in Nigeria
Keywords:
terrorism, boko haram, counselling, National securityAbstract
Matters of safety and security are topical issues in today’s Nigeria. Life has always been precarious in our country. It is subject to all manners of dangers. In the first place it is often a victim of killer diseases such as malaria, diarrhoea, small pox, HIV/AIDs among others. In addition to threats from diseases, are threats that are man-made. In the past, we used to fear for the security of our property from armed robbers. Today, we fear for our lives from kidnappers, political and economic related assassination and extra-judicial killings. These have rapidly become familiar features of our landscape. The impact of this massive sense of insecurity on both the psychic and overall functioning of Nigerians cannot be overestimated. This work therefore examines counselling in the light of being one of the mechanisms for national security in Nigeria. It goes to posit on the need to check the rising threats to lives and property across Nigeria and the poor living conditions of many Nigerians. It reveals such factors as restiveness, inadequate funding of the Nigerian Police, and monetization of the labour market, political misconducts among others as some of the causes of economic, political and social underdevelopment and worries of Nigeria as a nation. Consequently, the study recommends among many others that Counselors should be employed in all governmental and non-governmental organizations in order to assist the government in making relevant decisions as it affects the nation’s security.
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