Commercial banks in Nigeria have been advised to take steps to protect their facilities and customers against security risk from the compulsory use of facemask.
This is because criminals could take advantage of the forced wearing of facemask for personal protection against Covid-19 to commit crime and escape being identified.
One of Nigeria’s leading security consultant, ONA EKHOMU, gave the advice in an interview with Lasgidi FM News Desk.
ONA EKHOMU said banks need to take note of the security risk that comes with the Covid-19 facemask and take action to check to contain same.
ONA EKHOMU did not just stop at pointing out the security problem with the forced use of facemask, he also suggested that banks and other institutions could could reposition their cctv at the entry points and request compulsory image capturing of people entering into their premises, as a means to counter the threat.