The Role of Leadership, Public Accountability and the Performance of Security Personnel in Curbing Insecurity in Nigeria

Abstract

In a functional society, lives of human persons are worthwhile and worth living, if the security of lives and properties are guaranteed. The impact of safety on the quality of life and well being of individual is very unusual. However, insecurity is detrimental to the general well-being of the people, with its resultant effects in the areas of illness, low life expectancy, low quality of life and even death. On the other hand, security information awareness of the lives of persons exists in a situation, where the individual are liberated and also free from any kind of threats to their lives and threats to their means of livelihood. The purpose of this paper was to examine the role of leadership, public Accountability, and performance of the security sector as a collaborative effort towards curbing insecurity and ensuring a peaceful society. Exploratory research approach was adopted for the study. Both male, female, youth and adult of some selected states in Nigeria formed the population of the study; interview schedule was used for data collection. Data collected was analyzed using means and percentages. The result revealed a significant relationship between leadership and the security architecture in Nigeria. Based on the finding of the study, recommendations were made on how to promote security awareness, and the need for our leaders to imbibe the virtue of public accountability especially in the security sector in Nigeria.