Lancelot Anyanya c. Implementation of remedial and mitigating measures to address institutional lapses,(whether infrastructural, procedural or human) identified during the SVA. d. Developing special Electoral Security Strategy& Plans (ESSP) which will delineate roles for different agencies based on their competence, profile and capacity as well as allocating resources to match assigned responsibilities in a transparent and accountable manner. e. Determine and deploy appropriate technologies and systems to support security operations for elections as may be necessary. f. Ensure that pertinent security training, education and general awareness are provided for management and staff of INEC. g. Security and law enforcement agencies should pay serious attention to States adjudged to be flashpoints. h. INEC should put in place measures to physically secure buildings where computer equipment or critical communications equipment are located. It should also put in place effective back-up and recovery capabilities in case of system failure or sabotage as well as test-run all aspects of the system before deployment. i. Elections materials should be distributed to the various voting centres early enough, to ensure the commencement of voting on schedule. In this regard, INEC should continue to seek the assistance of the Air 22 ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING Assessment of 2011 Elections in view of Recommendations from the 2010 Workshop Force and Navy in conveying election materials under its escort, to seemingly inaccessible parts of this country. j. Security agents to be deployed for electoral duty should be adequately catered for, to avoid a situation where they may have to depend on contestants for basic welfare like food, water and transport. k. The security component of the 2011 elections should be determined by INEC in collaboration with security and law enforcement agencies, and factored into the preparations for the elections. In this regard, INEC should initiate regular and mutually beneficial interactions with the Intelligence Community. l. INEC should strengthen a rapid response call centre at its headquarters to respond to requests for directives and assistance from field officers. Such requests and the responses arising there-from should be monitored and recorded for future references, if need be. m. Privatization of security in the form of irrational and allocation of disproportional security and law enforcement agencies to the powerful and wealthy in society, which are used as instrument of oppression and coercion should be discouraged. n. Operational independence of security agencies should be guaranteed through funding, appointment, tenure security, merit or performance based promotion, and discipline; o. Effective accountability, oversight and watchdog systems for security agencies should be put in place. p. Appropriate and effective regulation of private security ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING 23