NCS decries Chibok girls abduction, urges exploration of ICT tools

DigitalSENSE Business News:

The Nigeria Computer Society has decried the continued hostage taking of Chibok School Girls by Boko Haram and urged the Federal Government through the military to explore Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools in the battle against insurgency in the country, reports DigitalSENSE Business News.

Just as NCS says it’s determined to partner with the Federal Government to actualise this.

DigitalSENSE Business News reports that the abduction of over 200 girls in their dormitory at Government Secondary School in Chibok was described by the president, Prof. David Adewumi, as barbaric, uncivilised and against all norms of humanity.

“If the reason for abduction of these girls by Boko Haram is their hatred for western education, one wonders why they use the products of western education such as internet, video and other gadgets to terrorise the whole country.aHH Such callous actions should be condemned by all without reservation,” he said.

NCS, he told DigitalSENSE Business News condemn also in no uncertain terms the threat by Boko Haram leaders to sell the kidnapped girls. NCS stands with all well meaning individuals and organisations to condemn this gross violation of human rights.

He also said that NCC considers apt the government stand to negotiate with the devilish sect to safely reunite those girls with their families.

“But not to swap them with Boko Haram prisoners. What is the Boko Haram replacement for innocent souls they have killed by their murderous action? Our Girls are not criminals,” he asserted in a press statement made available to DigitalSENSE Business News by the Director, Corporate Affairs, Mr. Iyiola Ayoola.

According to him, the sophistication of the Boko Haram operations outsmart the military in manner in which they have been doing suggests the outfit benefits from the collaboration of experienced international terrorist group making their operation transcend normal military combative approach.

With the highest professional regards, Nigeria Computer Society therefore recommends the immediate and appropriate use of ICT tools to tackle the insecurity in the land. Federal Government must as a matter of priority establish a National Biometric Database Programme. There is a need to address and extract functional utility from the present databases maintained by FRSC, Police, NIMC, banks etc.

Further, NCS maintained that other ICT devices like surveillance cameras, social network analysis, biometry surveillance data mining, satellite imagery, Internet Protocol (IP) devices should be employed professionally to checkmate insecurity in our dear country.

Adewunmi said the Nigeria Computer Society is ready and willing to partner with the Federal Government to actualise this.

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Photo: President NCS, Prof. David Adewumi.