hi, it just occured to me that the frequency with which dare devil robbers raid banks with hi-tech equipments and aggresive bravado  nowadays is rather disturbing with the attendant loss of lives and thereby  rendering women,widows and children,fatherless,
They now rob banks mostly  at night using welder's instrument and gas to cut through safes, please the banks are not helping matters anyway, the world is going cashless, with cards now, Nigeria as usual is yet to wake up, to this reality,
fellow naira landers what advice should we give these financial instititions as to safe guarding depositor's money, is it buy printing fake marked currencies as a decoy, putting the money in bullet proof safes /underground tunnels, or  what , i really feel for the kids of all these slained policemen/innocent passersby,
by the way, most of these atrocities are often near military formations. ,
how do we help these sloppy banks, they should know that its not wearing suits/mini skirts and posing that matters but having pre-emptive ideas that would help/protect customers .

Alarinka, there are so many things that can be done in order to reduce the Armed Robbery cases in banks to the bearest minimum since it can never be eradicated.
To reduce Robbery cases, all the following are involved in taking necessary action i.e the Government, Bank and the Nigerian Police.

The Government
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[li]The Nigerian Government need to provide job to both the unemployed individuals and those that are roaming about the street without any qualification.
The Government need to make sure that they provide adequate equipment to the Nigerian Police to enforce them to carry out their duty very well. The equipment that the government need to provide for them should not be outdated because the Armed Robbers have gotten the recent tools to be used in breaking in to the Vault/Strong room, take for instance the Gas Cylinder and those Guns that shoot sporadically unlike the Police that are still using (Shakabula)or 1-shot bullet. In addition to this, the government need to provide bullet proof for the police so as to enable them to work efficiently.
The Legislative Arm of Government should also enact a law that will give any Bank Robber huge purnishment.[/li]
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The Bank
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[li]The bank need to provide at least 10 security men in every branch of the bank.
The bank need to support the government in providing for tools which the Police will be using in combating Bank robbery such as Armoured Personnel Tank (APT), new Guns for the Nigerian Police, Police Vans that will be used in conveying Police to the destination of the event.
The bank should provide CCTV for any branch all over the country.
The bank also need to ensure that they do not open their branches in a place that is too small and not conducive for banking job[/li]
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The Nigerian Police
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[li]The Police need to emulate the NYPD of New York in combating Bank Robbery, sending as many as 5 Response Squad together with APT and sometimes Police Helicopter can also be used in combating the Robbery incident.
The Nigerian Police need to always be at alert anytime anyday in case the people of underworld are operating.
The Police should at least have a response squad at least 1 in every street of banking environment, this will always help by making other street to know where next they need to block after a report is shown that the Robbers have escaped.
The Police should get enough workey-torkey so as to communicate with other Police officer.[/li]
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If all the above is done, I bet it with you the robbery incident will reduce to its bearest minimum.

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