THE ROLE OF LIBRARIES ON INSECURITY AND INFORMATION POLICY IN NIGERIA: THE WAY FORWARD

Abstract

This Paper Examined The Role of Libraries on Insecurity and Information Policy In Nigeria: The Way Forward.  Library and education are inseparable words because education could be achieved through any libraries especially academic library. Thus, library orientation is the connection of books to users. The library be the most important place where information are disseminated on daily basis, the role libraries and Librarian that provide the information cannot be overemphasized. The role of education and library is two sided coin, there is no way you separate the two concepts in the modern society. Terrorism and militant insurgency around the world has assumed an alarming issue. Insecurity is at the verge of being the identity of Nigeria as no single day passes without cases of acts of insecurity. More worrisome is the fact that the Nigerian government seems to be incapable of curtailing this menace or doesn’t want to stop it for undisclosed reasons. This paper focuses on the role of Library as tools for promoting literacy to tackle insecurity in Nigeria, the researchers’ highlights what literacy means and levels of insecurity in our country. Why, we need to promote literacy to tackle insecurity and briefly discuss the role of library on promoting literacy. The nexus between security and insecurity was discussed, information policy in the context of librarianship. Some of the major incidents of violent attacks from 2009 to 2021 were highlighted and the way forward and concluded that government has to appreciate the important of libraries as an agent of 'information which disseminate information that are inevitable tools for promoting literacy as it sustains the nation.