17th September, 2014
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, on Tuesday urged security agencies to always comply with best practices during operations in line with provisions of international human rights laws.
Dasuki made the call in Abuja at the start of a two-day training organised by the European Union for security personnel on civil-military cooperation and observance of human rights.
The European Union organised the training in collaboration with the office of the NSA.
Represented by his Special Adviser, retired Maj.-Gen. Babatunde Samuel, he said the training would enable the armed forces and relevant security agencies know and key into current international best practices.
He said the knowledge was important now for the conduct of ongoing counter-terrorism operations in part of the country and any other military operations in the future.
The NSA noted that the participants, who were drawn from the military, Department of State Services (DSS) and the police, were carefully selected to exchange ideas with the European experts.
Speaking, Alan Sunday, a representative of the head of the EU delegation, Amb. Michel Arron, said the training was aimed at improving relationship between the armed forces and citizens.
He added that the collaboration, which was the first complementary approach undertaken by the EU in Africa, would subsequently produce a hand book on civil-military cooperation in the country.
NAN reports that under the collaboration between the EU and the office of the NSA, a number of trainings would be organised for the personnel.
For instance, between Oct. 13 and Oct. 31, a Train-the-Trainer course would be organised for them at the National Defence College (NDC).
The others are Articulation of Civil-Military Cooperation Doctrine, Planning process and Field Hand book between Sept. 17 and Feb. 28, 2015, among others.