SECURITY ALERT FOR EVERYONE:

Let us be security conscious because LIFE is very precious and we have it just once. Life is very vital than any other material thing we have on earth. Please note the following points and always be mindful.

1. KNOW THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT: Try as much as possible to at least say hi and be familiar to everybody in your neighborhood. Whenever you see a stranger in your area especially at an ungodly hour, try and observe the person and if possible approach him/her to ask if he/she is looking for someone – The person might shiver and shy away naturally if he/she is a criminal.

2. BRING ALONE YOUR FAMILY: Draw your family closer to security alerts. Educate your children and wife/husband and let them be watchful always at home and outside the home. Please don’t allow kids to open doors whenever there is a visitor especially at night. Let a matured person or if possible yourself to open the door for visitors always but be mindful to peep through the window and look at the fellow and ask who he/she is, before opening.

3. CALL HOME WHEN COMING TO THE HOUSE: Call someone in the house to open the gate/door for you just at your arrival especially if you are driving. Don’t come and blow the horn for some time outside the gate before you are opened. Spys might be studying you all these while and might one day snatch your vehicle or take your belongings on you even before they open a gate/door for you. Be on the lookout when you are walking home at night.

4. WATCH BEFORE YOU TAKE A TAXI: When you want to take a taxi please try and sit behind the driver especially when you “charter” the taxi alone. Be careful and try to observe the driver in the mirror. Look at his eye balls whether it is concentrating on the road or looking around rolling up and down. If you suspect anything the best option is to get down and take another taxi. Also when taking a taxi with people already seated in, please don’t rush into it, but take some few seconds to observe the occupants and see for yourself whether or not they can be suspicious. Be very mindful of this.

5. SEPARATE YOUR CASH ON YOU: Please don’t keep all your money in your wallet or one side of your pocket whenever you are going out. Try as much as possible to separate them into 2 or 3 on you so that in case you are picked, you can at least go home with something. Also don’t remove a bundle of money from your pocket/wallet whenever you are buying something to “show off”. Take as little that can cater for what you are buying at that particular point in time. Spys may be watching your movements and steps. Guys, please don’t put your wallet at your back pocket when you are walking in town especially commercial and busy areas. Be mindful.

6. WATCH OUT WHEN DRIVING: When driving and you see someone following you for some time, please drive to the nearest police station or go around the nearest round about for some time till the spy gives up on you.
Please don’t go out deep in the night and also don’t walk alone in your area at night if you don’t know or trust the people around you. Always don’t forget to lock your house/car/shop when leaving. Life is precious and should in case you are attacked; let them take everything you have patiently. Don’t ever struggle with robbers or criminals; they can take your life away. Even if you are robbed to square zero, the good Lord who giveth will bless you once again in no time. YOUR LIFE FIRST!

LONG LIVE CITIZENS OF THIS NATION

Written by:

Bernard Agyei Aryee
DESAUG National President
University of Ghana, Legon