Solution To The Predicaments Of Oyo State Amotekun Operatives -By Segun Adebowale

An adage says “what worth doing, must be done well” the Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps is worth establishing and was established well with law to guide, but the administrators of the Agency are thwarting all the effort of the Oyo State government in provide welfares and career progression for the Oyo State Amotekun operatives so as to help the Oyo State government achieve the objective of providing a serene environment for the Oyo State citizens.The Oyo State government considered it pertinent to protect lives and property of the citizens, and to create conducive and enabling atmosphere for business to grow in the State, Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps was established in the year 2020.

The administrators that are for the management of the Agency were wrongly appointed and selected. Actually, not that the cognizant experience is not in them, but the greediness and corrupt nature overshadow the cognisant experience that ought to have applied to professionalized the administration of the Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps.

The Oyo State government in her persistent efforts has given birth to the Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps with its management team who failed woefully to let the Oyo State Amotekun operatives nor the Agency grow in the areas below through unprofessional administration.
The Oyo State government has done its best in the year 2020 to recruit over one thousand five hundred Amotekun operatives with hope and belief that the management team entrust with the administration of the Agency shall, having been given the Oyo State Security Network Agency Law 2020, have significant inputs to grow the Oyo State Amotekun operatives to an enviable professional status.

Sequel to the administrative failure of the Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps management team, below are the practices that constitute unprofessional practice in the Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps which is having a very negative impact on the performance of the Oyo State Amotekun operatives.
The origin of the Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps problem is wrong selection of the Oyo State Amotekun Corps commandant by the state government.

Failure of the Agency to put to use the Oyo State Security Network Agency Law 2020.

Failure to issue appointment letter to the recruited Amotekun operatives in Oyo State.

Failure to publish standard operation procedure manual for the Oyo State Amotekun operatives use.
Failure to rank / grade the Oyo State Amotekun operatives.

Lack of departments in the Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps administration.

No training exercise for the Oyo State Amotekun operatives.

Dearth of code of conduct in the administration of the Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps.

Forceful traditional oath taking must be abolished.
In ability of the Oyo State government to constitute the Oyo State Amotekun Complaint Committee.

There should be qualifications/criteria for the recruitment of the Oyo State Amotekun operatives.

Had it been the Oyo State Amotekun commandant is a retired police or civil defence officer, the unprofessional administration using by Col. (Rtd) Olayanju Olayinka would not have been used. And perhaps, all these predicaments associated with the Oyo State Amotekun operatives might have not being experienced by the operatives.

Itemizing the administrative problems in the Oyo State Security Network Agency may not be exhausted, but the only solution is professional practice in the administration of the Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps, which the Oyo State government must ready to take as priority.