Security experts have called for preventive and proactive measure through state policing, effective judicial system amongst others as solutions to tackling corruption and insecurity in Nigeria.

These solutions were brought to the fore during a panel discussion tagged ‘fighting corruption and insecurity in Nigeria: the way forward’ organised by scroll report media organisation at Ikeja.

The event had in attendance, Former Lagos Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni; Wahab Shittu, Toun Sonaiya; Head of Department Mass Comm, UNILAG, Prof. Abigael; Frank Onita, Martins Oloja, Ojikutu Ahmed, amongst others

Speaking at the conference, Owoseni who is the current special adviser to the Oyo state governor on security matters, said the elites were parts of the current problem of the country.

According to him, Nigeria was one of the most difficult places to govern and enforce law, saying those creating problems in the country were the leaders who were no longer in power and cannot control their children and cronies.

He therefore called on civil societies and media organizations to drive the needed change stressing on the need to stop the rhetoric and move things.

Wahab Shittu stressed on the fact that insecurity and corruption are both threatening the survival of the country urging the government to deploy proactive measures and also look into the creation of state police as a deliberate effort to address local issues.

An IT expert, Ahmed Ojikutu while giving examples of various technological strategies that can help curb criminal activities in the country, urged the government to employ the use of technology to fight the insecurity challenges facing the nation.

The Inspector-general of police who was ably represented by DCP Okwa Effiong-Etim in his keynote speech reiterated that the security of the nation is a collective responsibility and not for the police force alone.

Editorial board member of the Guardian newspaper, Martins Oloja, stressed on the fact that corruption and insecurity has made the nation missed so many opportunities in advancing further.