The media talk about the Ebonyi State Executive Order, Egede Lawrence writes.
For as long as there are people who pretend not to know, there must be controversies between wisdom and miscalculation.
For as long as we exist on this confused planet, people must provoke people to talk and talk every other time unwarranted.
At a volatile time like this in a nation full of security risks, a very wise society should know that things are not normal and must first be put in order. It is a unique preventive measure.
To this extent, if at all people do have time to think deeply about the level of danger, that Nigerians have passed through so far, any Leader who is highly security conscious should take a commendable public salute.
The government knows what it means to prevent unexpected embarrassing ugly situations.
Security issues this time must need a teamwork approach to keep vigil, prevent calamities from happening and encourage ourselves to contribute towards enjoying safety, which is known as the first rule in every place.
It is not easy to manage risky situations, in a nation that has security challenges everywhere.
If people know what is the real meaning of a security measure, nobody will feel safe in seclusion, where everybody is given a preventive antidote in a land under suspicion of terror.
The Ebonyi State Executive Order is an antidote against any embarrassing shortcoming, as a result of the existing security situation report in the nation.
I am much more concerned about security consciousness than being diverted to politicizing it. Mental indolence is a killer.
Many people who have their ears open to news, and eyes fixed on reading the nation's security reports so far should know that all is not too well with us presently in Nigeria.
A health preservation adage says that "prevention is better than cure", which is correct.
This is not the time to frown at a preventative security system strategy, which is measured to fulfil an immediate demand.
The Nigerian public is running a risk of the activities of unknown gunmen in every place around us, unaware of when or how it will happen from place to place.
It is in the interest of the public that something has to be done, by the concerned authorities to make sure that lives are saved.
It is when lives are saved first before society will relax to do their normal business, live in peace and harmony securely and come gather together.
Political gathering together is being misinterpreted and also misunderstood, to mean that only when a mammoth crowd is witnessed everything is correct.
Haven't we heard that many are called but few are chosen? This implies that a mammoth crowd does not determine the correct answer, to the mass syndrome question of the majority cacarryinghe vote. It raises political hope but not actualizing it in reality.
In any case, if we go by God's measure relative to the use of wisdom especially now, it will be good to be well prepared.
It will be a success story of the battlefield engagement be it political or not if a mammoth crowd of people must first be secure before any other thing.
That's what the government of Ebonyi State is looking at, in the Executive Order recently given to prevent mass extermination because of political gatherings.
The International world that issued a general security alert a month ago, can't be joking with Nigerians over the situation.
They don't play politics with their integrity having prejudice, like some of our selfish political leaders, who do not know more ways than making use of dirty propaganda tools, to achieve mundane cheap publicity goals.
Political propagandists in this country should stop giving the hoax impression, of what such an Executive Order stands to achieve for the entire people.
With the situation on the ground, it is no longer something that will be taken lightly, with the risks in the nation's security challenges.
Let us not be like those whose lives are at risk, and while it is being discussed for safety they will start taking an unwanted nap.
To God is the glory forever.
Egede Lawrence is our Guest Writer and Phoenix Public Affairs Analyst.
