Following close on the heels of our Senior Security Advisor, Darren’s visit the week before, I spent last week in Abuja with the team checking on our preparations for the forthcoming election period. A strange air of uncertainty had descended on Nigeria, with no one quite sure as to how the next few weeks will play out. Would the voting pass off peacefully, or will a closely contested vote descend into a battle of lawlessness and instability? The truth is that no one really knows and that the best thing to do was to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
Our team in Abuja, Gombe and Bauchi have all spent the last two months busily ensuring that our clients (and our own) business continuity and evacuation plans have all been written but more importantly, adequately resourced. A policy of restricting travel plans, working from home and having robust contingency plans in place for civil unrest and medical emergency have formed our main mitigation strategies, achieving the fine balance of keeping people out of harm’s way whilst allowing their businesses to operate to as near to normal as possible during the elections.
Our team in Abuja, Gombe and Bauchi have all spent the last two months busily ensuring that our clients (and our own) business continuity and evacuation plans have all been written but more importantly, adequately resourced.
A policy of restricting travel plans, working from home and having robust contingency plans in place for civil unrest and medical emergency have formed our main mitigation strategies, achieving the fine balance of keeping people out of harm’s way whilst allowing their businesses to operate to as near to normal as possible during the elections.
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