MOBILE DEVICE – A TOOL TO FIGHT INSECURITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Abstract

This piece of work was motivated by the inability of governments to utilize the enormous potential endowed in mobile devices in combating insecurity. Basically mobile devices provide a phenomenal service that can lead the enhancement of high multimedia services such as video, text, images and audio files. This paper discusses the use of mobile device to combat insecurity in developing nations, where applications will be used in order to achieve the aims. Insecurity is one of the biggest problems that a lot of countries are suffering from.   It will be observed that a good deployment of mobile technology and information and communication technology will be sine qua non for governments and security agencies in the areas of fighting insurgency/terrorism, militancy, kidnapping, armed robbery and other crimes that are disrupting the peaceful coexistence of our society and therefore, chat a better path for progressive nations.