Former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor (Rtd), has said Nigeria requires adequate infrastructure to fully harness technology in tackling insecurity across the country.
Irabor spoke on Thursday during a Channels Television live programme, “Generation Next: Youth, Power & The Future We Must Build,” organised as part of activities marking Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day anniversary.
The former defence chief explained that the challenge was not necessarily the absence of technological solutions but the lack of supporting infrastructure and the integration required to make different technologies work effectively.
“It is not about the non-availability of tech solutions or the non-application of tech solutions. First, you must understand that no matter the technology that you have, there has to be an infrastructure within which you are to apply those tech solutions.
“And then, those tech solutions must also be integrated because there is no single application or, if you like, single technology that addresses the complexity of the threats that we have.
“So, the overall infrastructure helps you to harmonise or integrate all the applications that you have for it to be able to make sense, and I think that is where the challenge lies,” Irabor said.
