Xmas Season: Be Vigilant, Security Conscious, Military Tells Nigerians

As the Christmas and New Year seasons approach, the Nigerian Army has urged the citizens to be extra vigilant and security conscious in tackling insecurity in the country.
The Director of the Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman Kukasheka made the call at Inaugural Annual Lecture of Class 1992 Alumni of Mass Communication Department of Bayero University Kano (BUK) at the weekend.
Colonel Usman who is also an old student of the Department, delivered a paper on "Crisis Communication for security Consciousness- A Case Study of Nigeria."
Usman who insisted that Nigerian military and intelligence operatives are virtually in every local government council in the country, said that the citizens should not only rely on security for protection but should be security conscious and provide useful information to relevant security agencies.
He said: "With the kind of intelligence we receive regularly from the military and security operatives, the citizens need to be proactive and security conscious while the media intensify campaign on same.

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