We
have had to add our voice to the strategic moves being taken by the government
authorities to ensure our nation thrives peacefully under a safe and secured
dispensation.
The
SeneGambia communiqué on security cooperation between our two sister nations
that has just been signed by our Interior Minister who was in Senegal last week
to attend a high profile Dakar summit,
speaks volumes.
This
is because it touches on essential areas of security matters that need maximum
attention from a conscious authority.
According
to the communiqué, both nations have agreed to reinforce security cooperation
mainly in such areas as exchange of information and intelligence, exercise of
cross border prosecution, sharing of experiences and good practices,
investigations and joint operations, and training.
It
has also set the pace for the creation of joint border control posts, as well
as to implement a strategy to fight any form of trafficking, such as human, drugs
and goods.
These
are vital steps and areas to consider always in the building of a nation, for
they deter security threats, especially in a country like The Gambia that still
has potential volatility, considering the fetters it has just freed itself from.
In
as much as we cater for external threats to our security, the threats within
could be more potent than the one without.
And
this is why Douglas MacArthur, a former US soldier, once said: “I am concerned
for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from
without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.”
So
we really have a cause for concern as regards security threats in our land, and
there is no better place to team up with than Senegal, who are our kith and kin
hence both nations must be our brothers’ keepers. And that is why the Interior
ministers of both countries presented the actual picture of our closeness in a
very succinct manner at the just concluded Dakar Summit. Both ministers zeroed
in on the fact that when it comes to security, we must continue to work very
closely together, as we have a long and deep relationship that our two
countries have to nurture.
While
the knot of our mutual security has been tied and cemented at the Dakar Summit,
a National Security Council has also been established in the country right at
the Office of the President, all geared towards the same goal of ensuring
maximum security for this country.
We
therefore commend those actions and hope the agreements are properly dispensed
and monitored.
“In
times of peace prepare for eventualities”
The
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