BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja Participants at the 2-day sensitisation workshop on Combating Violent Extremism in Bauchi recently. The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria) has blamed faulty recruitment process in the public and private sector on systemic infiltration of violent extremists’ activities. This was even as the organisation disclosed that fast-eroding social values and poor orientation at family levels, and growing impact of illicit drug abuse and trafficking provided a breeding ground for terrorism, terrorism financing and violent extremism. Executive Director of CISLAC/TI-Nigeria, Auwal Ibrahim Musa stated this at the end of a 2-day sensitisation workshop for community networks and security agencies on early detection, reporting, prevention and proactive response to violent extremism as well as the utilisation of Early Warning/Early Response Systems (EWER). It was organised by CISLAC/TI-Nigeria and jo...
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