Social Studies SECURITY AGENCY by Oluebube Nwankwo

lot of students and viewers at home my name is oliver from social studies departments of saint charles college on nature the topic we have today is security agencies in nigeria but before we go back to the main topic let us look at our specific objective by the end of the lesson the students should be able to define security agency state the names of security agencies we have in nigeria mention the functions of security agencies in nigeria now to the lesson improper introduction crime and security has always been major concern in virtually all the countries in the world the government is always on the lookout for the criminals whose details the peace and order in the society nigeria is not an exception the federal states and local governments have devised means of convinced crime in nigeria many security agencies have been instituted and passed into law they have been given the mandate to enforce the laws fight different forms of crime and prosecute defaulters so now let us know what is security agency security agency is governmental organization which conducts intelligence activities for internal security of nation note security agencies are people employed by the government to prevent and control crimes in their society in other ways they protect lives and property now let us look at the examples of security agencies in nigeria number one nigerian federal road safety number two national drug law enforcement agency number three nigerian customs number four nigerian immigration number five nigerian police force number six nigerian navy number seven nigerian armed forces number eight state security service and number nine peace corps of nigeria and so on and so far so let us now take them one after the order the nigerian federal road safety the nigerian federal safety is an organization in the country scattered with the responsibility of ensuring that the federal rules are safe for modelist this commission is mandated to check to checkmates the users educate them assign speed limits and ensure that they hover to the rules and regulation of their route we also have the national drug law enforcement agency it is the first example of security agency in nigeria that has functioned as regulatory body set aside to control limit drugs in their country their duty is to track down the selling and sporting of hard drugs they can be found in places such as the airports highways seaports borders and so on and so forth the next one is nigerian customs service the nigeria customs service has primary duty of tackling and smoking activities within the borders of their country they are in charge of collecting and accounting for imports and export duty revenues at their borders they take met the smoking of toxic and hundreds substances money laundering guns and weapons are there borders they are important elements for the implementation of government policy the the next one is the nigerian security and civil defense the nigerian security and civil defense has the mandate to maintain peace and order and to save the society during period of emergency such as war and tourism they protect lives and property they checkmate vandalized or facilities owned by the government sought at the electricity distribution campaign eddc electric wire cables oil wrecks engine and so on this security outfit educate disabled service on some security measures to be taken in times of war and civil unrest they first went into action during the civil war in may 1967 when they rescued and protected the lives of civilians in lagos and in the federal territory another one is nigerian immigration service the nigerian immigration service has sole responsibility of conducting the immigration activities in their country they control the entrance of people into the country and they offer resistance permits to foreigners their checkmates and prosecute foreigners that made illegal entrants into the country we have another one the nigerian police force the national police force is assigned with the responsibility of maintaining laws and others in their society they ensure that the laws of the government are implemented and defaulters arrested and charged lot of persons call them men in black we have the duties of the police force one to prevent crimes in street or community this is done by frequently patrolling an area number two to guide and assist members of the public especially old people and those who are lost or are in helpless conditions on the streets number three to take details at the scene of crime number four to arrest with or without warrant criminals law breakers and suspects of crime number five to answer to distressed call made by persons who are being attacked by criminals or hook laws or facing domestic harassment another one is nigerian army the nigerian army are the ground or better steel the land division of military armed forces they have the highest population and operates based on order and discipline another one is nigerian navy the nigerian navy has its headquarter in abuja and are the sea branch of nigerian armed forces the nigerian armed forces includes all security outfits that are armed in their country most people limit the armed forces to the police nigerian military army navy and the nigerian air force they should not be sold as there are other agencies in nigeria that are armed and are also protecting the country's water the three optional commands are in lagos caliber and biases the next one is the nigerian air force the nigerian air force operates on the air but also provides support for both the army and the navy note the nigerian armed forces includes all security outfits that are armed in their country the primary roles of nigerian military include to maintain the national integrity and defend nation from external aggression both on land or to also add other security and pre-military outfits in tackling internal threats as approved by the national assembly to carry out other functions are signed it by the federal government we have the state security service district security service men do not wear uniforms like normal policemen most at times the interrupts in the public which has people knowing them the rules of state security service are to personal security to the president vice president senate presidents speaker of the house of their representatives state governors their immediate families and other high-ranking government officials they identify and investigate persons believed to be spies and are controlling confidential information about the nation they provide adverts to the government on the measures on how to cater for the needs of the citizens of nigeria we also have the peace corps the peace corps of nigeria is voluntary youth organization which has its membership open to all youths in their country the roles of the peace corps are listed below they are posted to schools to enforce discipline and check students monitoring during school hours they are posted to local government area where they render social services such as enforcement of sanitation laws assist in revenue collection they are employed to ensure peaceful conduct of the election members of the peace corps are employed secondary and higher institutions to monitor and check all forms of examination my practice as may be done by students or teachers now let us look at the crimes that affect national security agencies lot of crimes affect national security agencies some of these crimes are number one illegal brokering number two importation of expired food and drugs number three smuggling number four human trafficking number five drug trafficking and number six pipeline vandalization now let us take them one after the other we have illegal bulk ring oil buckling is an activity relating to the depths or stealing of crude oil it is the most commonly known for oily text and it involves direct stuffing of oil we also have importation of expired foods and drugs taking expired foods contain dangerous amounts of harmful bacteria and this can result in abdominal pain vomiting diarrhea and even fever which may lead to death woman trafficking human trafficking is illegal threat in human being for the purpose of commercial and sexual exploitation or false level it is modern day form of slave trade or slavery we also have drug trafficking drug trafficking is illegal carrying about of hard and dangerous drugs from points of production to where they are consumed both locally or internationally such drugs includes cocaine and indian head and so on and so forth we also have another one which is pipeline vandalization this is the purpose mischievous art of destroying the nation oil pipelines we also have smuggling this is the act of illegal movements of goods in or out of the country such as drug trade illegal weapons trade exotic world life trade illegal immigration and so on and so forth now in the summary it is known that there is no society devoid of crime this is because people engage in different forms of crime activities daily there is always the need for lives and properties of innocent members of the society to be protected here is the need for security the aforementioned national security agencies have over the years been walking around the clock to ensure that nigeria is safe for her citizens my students will come to the end of this lesson but let me evaluate you on these questions number one define security agents number two state the names of security agents we have in nigeria number three founded the logo and motto of nigerian police cops number four mention two functions of the police force answer the questions and submit to my whatsapp number which is 11 080611 0 1 4 thanks and remain blessed