Private security: why service quality was the central question

A discussion about standards

An official report published on 12 December 2024 records Tunji-Ojo’s meeting with a delegation from the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance, known as DCAF. The discussion concerned the regulation and professionalisation of private security in Nigeria.

The distinction the minister drew

Tunji-Ojo argued that the value of the sector should be judged by the quality of its services and the competence of operators, rather than the number of companies licensed. The account also records discussion of technology and DCAF’s work with the African Law Foundation on regional legislative engagement.

How to assess that principle

The journal’s follow-up questions concern implementation: the training expected of personnel, the consistency of oversight and the ways people can report poor conduct. These questions translate an institutional principle into a service that clients, workers and the wider public can assess.

A meeting establishes a position and a possible direction for cooperation. It does not, by itself, show that standards have changed across a sector. The useful next chapter would document specific measures, when they took effect and what evidence exists of their application.