Secure Matrix Group

20/01/2023

Managing Safety and Health Risks

Risk is the consequences resulting from the release of a hazard. A hazard is anything that can cause you harm. It could be biological like viruses, chemicals like acid, psychological like stress, physical like a moving truck, etc.

In managing your health and safety, you must
1. Identify the hazards around you,
2. Understand who it might harm and how it will harm the person
3. Evaluate the risk and decide on the control measures
4. Record your findings and implement them
5. Review your assessment and update it.

05/06/2022

05 important steps of effective Safety Audit :
1) Audit Planning :
We must have clear idea about – Who, What & where
2) Audit Ex*****on :
Conduct audit as planned, Compare with standards, gather evidences
3) Compile the Audit report :
It should be concise, mention positives with the problem areas
4) Set corrective action plan and process in motion :
Identify recommended actions and prioritizing tasks
5) Communicate results :
To give feedback for compliance, non compliance and key work areas. SMG

21/05/2022

Workers have the right to refuse unsafe work. Suppose you have reasonable cause to believe that performing any work puts you or someone else at risk. In that case, you must immediately notify your supervisor or employer, taking the appropriate steps to determine and remedy the situation.

Unsafe conditions are hazards that may cause injury or death for working people. Accidents may happen because of unsafe acts and unsafe conditions. Peoples are not thinking, not follow the instructions, or they are not keep in mind… to know more please check this blog!!!

15/01/2022

Courage is one of the most valuable gifts you can give to your country and they gave it all. Our historic story of freedom is written with the blood of the brave soldiers who lay their life to keep us free.
We are forever grateful to you all.
WE REMEMBER OUR HEROES.

03/01/2022

14/07/2021

The management and staff SECURE MATRIX GROUP wishes it's Managing Director and Founder a joyful birthday celebration.

06/06/2021

A quick advice on VPN before we jump headlong into it.

VPN is often used to bypass local Internet restrictions. It works by routing Internet traffic through a server that sits between your devices, phones, computers etc, and the Internet.

Ultimately, it makes you appear to be connecting to the Internet from a location different from your geographical location. With many premium VPN you can actually chose your virtual location.

The warning however, is that not all VPN providers have good intentions. Since the server that sits between you and the Internet is receiving your information and routing it, the operators of the server may be able to see, store and use your information. A VPN is like asking someone to go the ATM on your behalf. You not only need to hand over your card, you also need to hand over your pin.

So, what do I recommend? Turn on the VPN only when you need it. Keep it off when you don't. Turn it off specifically when you are doing anything sensitive on your phone including sending emails, shopping with your financial details or using your bank apps.

Finally, use a legit VPN provider. Be careful with the free ones. Soon, many people abroad will be settling up free VPN for Nigerians. Please, let's look carefully before we leap. Cases of 419 and financial fraud may spike with this...

05/02/2021

The worst time to prepare for a crisis is when you're in one. One of the reasons why companies don't invest in crisis planning is that they think that there are more important things to focus on and they will deal with it when the time comes. This mindset puts your reputation at risk. The most valuable thing you have is your reputation - without it you don't have a business. Think about what you need to do to prepare for a potential crisis. You should look at every element of your business and scenario plan. Your reputation is all you have. Protect it. SECURE MATRIX GROUP.

16/01/2021

15/01/2021

We pay tribute to the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation and whose efforts in uniform inspire all of us in pursuit of a peaceful future. On behalf of the management and staff of SECURE MATRIX GROUP, we salute you all.

25/09/2020

*THE NIGERIA POLICE ACT AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW UNDER THAT NEW AMENDED LAW* 🇬🇦.

The Act comes with innovations every Nigerian should know. Spare a minute or two to go through them:

1. The general objective of the Act is to provide an effective police service that complies with the principles of accountability and transparency, protect human rights and freedom. See Sec. 1.

2. The duty of the Police is to prevent and detect crimes, protect the rights and freedom of suspects and non-suspects in accordance with the Constitution, the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and any other law. See Sec. 4 (a).

3. Just like in the movies, Nigeria can now have private detectives who are not employed by the government. The Nigeria Police Force is responsible for vetting and approving the registration of Private Detective Schools and Private Investigative Outfits. See Sec. 4(i).

4. The Police is mandated to report the findings of its investigation to the Attorney General of the Federation or State as the case may be. See Sec. 32(1).

5. The Act prohibits the Police from arresting anyone based on a civil wrong or breach of contract. See Sec. 32(2).

6. The Act equally prohibits the arrest of any person in place of a suspect. See Sec. 36.

7. The Act makes it mandatory on the police officer or any other person authorized to effect an arrest to inform the suspect his rights to:

i. Remain silent or avoid answering any question until after consultation with a legal practitioner or any other person of his own choice. See Sec. 35(2)(a).
ii. Consult a legal practitioner of his own choice before making, endorsing or writing any statement or answering any question put to him after the arrest. See Sec. 35(2)(b)
iii. Free legal representation by the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria or other organizations where applicable. See Sec. 35(2)(c).

8. The Act also makes it mandatory on the Police to notify the next of kin or relative(s) of the suspect immediately after the arrest of the suspect. See Sec. 35(3).

9. A suspect shall be accorded humane treatment. And a suspect shall not be subjected to torture, cruelty, inhumane or degrading treatment. See Sec. 37.

10. The statement of a suspect can be taken only when he wishes to make a statement. See sec. 60(1).

11. The statement, where the suspect wishes to make one, MAY be taken in the presence of a legal practitioner or any other person or organization of his own choice. See sec. 60(2).

12. Where a suspect is arrested and detained for more than 24 hours, if the offence he was arrested for is not a capital offence, his lawyer or relatives can notify any court that has jurisdiction to try the matter about his arrest. See sec. 64(1).

13. The notification can be made in writing or orally. See sec. 64(3).

14. The court SHALL order the production of the suspect and inquire into the matter. Where it is convinced that the suspect should be released on bail, the court shall admit him to bail.

15. The Police are mandated to take the photographs and fingerprint impressions of all suspects who are in lawful custody. See sec. 68(1).

16. Where a suspect refuses to allow the Police to take his measurements, photograph and fingerprint impressions, the Police have the right to apply to court to compel the suspect to submit himself. See sec. 68(2).

17. On the last working day of every month, an officer in charge of a police station must report to the nearest magistrates the cases of all arrests made without warrant in his jurisdiction, whether the suspect have been admitted to bail or not. See sec. 69(1).

18. By section 66(1) of the Police Act 2020, ONLY a Police Officer who is a LEGAL PRACTITIONER can prosecute. Section 23 which hitherto gave non-Police lawyers prosecutorial powers no longer hold any potency in law, the entire old Police Act, cap P.19, LFN,2004, having been REPEALED by the Police Act, 2020 recently ASSENTED to by Mr. President.

In effect, any prosecution by a non-Police lawyer is null and void, and of no effect whatsoever - by virtue of section 66(1) of the Act(supra).
Thus, it's a legal ground for objection to any prosecution being conducted by a Police Officer who is NOT a LEGAL PRACTITIONER.

That's one of the high points of the new Police Act 2020.

04/08/2020

CAUSES OF CONFLICTS AND CRISIS

All over the world, conflicts, crisis and violence are midwifed by inordinate desires for political and economic advantages, greed, ego-related problems and plain mischief. Injustice and inequitable distribution of resources cause resentments, which invariably give rise to conflict situations. Some of these factors are at play in contemporary Nigeria.
Violent conflicts stem from multiple interconnected causes. Yet there are key factors or variables that are likely to determine whether political disputes evolve into violence or are settled peacefully. These variables can be causes of violence or causes of peace; analysts can examine conflict settings to assess these factors’ relative influence.
Determinants of conflict can be systemic (structural), proximate (enabling) or immediate (triggering). These factors can be internal or external to the area in conflict. These types of causes overlap and interrelate.

1. Systemic Causes: Structural Conditions
Systemic determinants cause objective changes in parties’ material circumstances; environmental deterioration, population growth, resource scarcity and competition, the colonial or Cold War legacy, breakdowns of values and traditions, poverty, the marginalization of pastoralists, and ethnicity are all examples of systemic causes of conflict. A study of 113 instances of failed states, civil wars, and related national crises from 1955 to 1994 tested 75 political, leadership, demographic, social, economic and environmental factors and found that three factors—a nation’s infant mortality rate, the extent of a nation’s trade, and the extent of democracy—were the most strongly associated with the crises and were linked with other factors that affect the risks of crisis, even though they did not directly cause the crises themselves. The first two variables are systemic.
Systemic sources of conflict are pervasive and affect large numbers of people. Their influence on the probability of conflict operates slowly. Measures like international programs or government policies that seek to prevent or reduce conflicts by treating their systemic sources often show results over the long term.

(2) Proximate Causes: Political and Institutional Factors
Proximate sources are problems in the social, political, and communications processes and institutions that mediate the effect of systemic conditions on peoples’ lives and behavior. Proximate factors are crucial influences on whether systemic conditions give rise to violent reactions or to more peaceful ways of dealing with conflicting interests. The linkage between proximate determinants and manifestations of violent conflict are easier to discern and their effect is more direct. Government policies, social organization, economic reform programs, the problems of political liberalization, militarization and external military aid can all be proximate sources of conflict.

3. Immediate Causes: Acts and Events
The most immediate and direct causes of violent conflict are found in actions and events that trigger violent actions—for instance, a government cracks down on an oppressed group which prompts a rebellion. Because they are more visible, these factors may be relatively easier to influence.