Background.
Nigeria witnessed long period of military rule during which democracy, good governance and the rule of law were severely damaged. Unfortunately, the democratic processes that followed after 1998 gave rise to formation of unwieldy political parties with no definite ideology and un- principled political system.These led to bad governments, corruption, tribalism, injustice and outright insecurity.
In early part of year 2021 and with the Plan for a new election in the Country in February 2023, there was a general call to enlightened and grass root people to get involved, participate and seek for appropriate governance system in the country. This led to the commissioning of an organization titled Integrity Governance Action Group (IGAG). In line with its objectives, the organization was registered at Corporate Affairs Commission as Community Integrity and Heritage Support Initiative (CIHSI).

Brief of the Group
 Community Integrity and Heritage Support Initiative (CIHSI) aka Integrity Governance Action Group IGAG)is a non-profit organization, created to undertake active participation and support to the promotion of integrity governance in Nigeria.
Vision:
CIHSI envisions strong stake-holding and involvement in the process of
 Instituting and operating integrity government;
Support to empowerment and economic growth;
Promote Home grown solutions for transformation at the grass root level of the society;
 Support and facilitation of cultural and heritage renaissance with security and protection of assets, life and properties.

Objectives
The body’s vision will be advanced through the following ways:
Facilitate and promote activities for empowerment with full and productive employment opportunities for grass root communities.
Facilitate programs and provide support for heritage renaissance within communities.
Support and promote activities, agencies and systems that provide heritage protection, security of life, family and property.
 Support and promote enlightenment, education and orientation on relevant activities of integrity governance; linkage with institutions that facilitate sustainable development; .Liaison, synergy and cooperation with related organizations working for the promotion of integrity and heritage values.
Facilitate and Promote Activities for empowerment at grass root Level
Facilitate Programs and provide support for Heritage Renaissance within Communities.
Promote Full and productive employment opportunities for grass root Communities
Promote Integrity Good governance and empowerment  for people at grassrot communities
Facilitate Liaison Synergy and cooperation with related organizations that promote good  governance.
Support and promote Enlightenment, education and  orientation on relevant activities of Integrity Governance.
Facilitate and promote productive employment opportunities through education,and linkage with institutions that facilitate sustainable development.
Support and cooperate with Organizations working for the promotion of integrity and Heritage Values.
 
The Motto is:  Justice, Equity and Progress.
 
Core Values:  The organization would stand for Integrity •Equity • Transparency and accountability • Innovation & Creativity, • Quest for knowledge, • Teamwork and Unity: • Social Responsibility.
Scope:  Starting point of the vision is the South West region and Yoruba speaking enclaves of Delta, Kogi, Kwara, States in Nigeria and will later be extended to other regions of Nigeria.  
Membership: This is open to all Yoruba son and daughters (all faith) at home and in Diaspora; including teenagers from the age of thirteen (13) and above. Teenagers will be encouraged to study civics and history subjects and to form the ‘Integrity literary and debating society’ for deep understanding of moral, cultural and heritage values.

Slogan:
Integrity Governance——————————————–Action!!!
I.G.A.G————————————————————Action!!!
Action Point Slogan— —————————————Changourways

 
STRUCTURE:
There is a Board of Trustees (BOT), as a global umbrella cover for the group, a National Executive Committee, State and Local Government Executives as the operational management organs. The Coordination Section will be in Delta, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara,  Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and  Oyo. There is also the diaspora structure divided into Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, Middle East US, Canada, South America and Australia.
 
Strategies:  To adopt support to home grown problem solution mechanism with case studies of trends of sustainable development. They include: Emancipation and Cultural Awakening strategies, Insecurity deterrent initiatives; Anti-Corruption Strategies; Constitutional improvement movement; Economic Development strategies to accelerate the eradication of Poverty.
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GALLERY:
 
 
 
PROJECTS:
Project Implementation will be in accordance to the following: Step1 Support initiatives as either (a) Promotion or Facilitation (b) Education (c) Enlightenment/Awareness creation (d) Training and Capacity build up (e) Monitoring and Case Study reporting and (f) Mobilization .
The projects Include: Yoruba Heritage Renaissance (YHR), Security Promotional Support, Governance Program Support, Economic Development and Empowerment supports, Promotion of Political awareness, Literary and Debating Society (Polices project). Promotion of YOUTHS, TEEN and KIDS Anti-Corruption awareness and Training. (Anti Corps project).
The Goals: A general wealth creation strategies for grassroots people particularly youths and women.  Empowerment to people in the communities. Reawakening of Culture and heritage values worldwide. Rapid response, fast and effective solutions to Security problems. Protection of occupations, assets, life and properties. Support to Integrity governance programs including political awareness, anti-corruption and economic development.
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4.1 Security Agenda for CIHSI
 
The Community integrity and Yoruba heritage renaissance strategies are all-embracing programs encompassing home grown solutions proposed for homogeneous development plan of South West and enclave Yoruba States in Nigeria. There is acute insecurity in the land that had prevented and is affecting all echelons of life and even ordinary save abode is no more certain. The problems are many and varied ranging from Fulani terrorism to high crime and domestic house hold battering and rape. The IGAGs objective will adopt a grass root multipurpose and socio- cultural protection mechanism to tackle security   syndrome at the community level of the society. The approach will be planned to flow and synergize with existing policing and security architecture and will also be an empowerment program in each community. Its concept will synergize and serve as rapid response squads with other security agents especially in surveillance, monitoring and reportage. Its concept in synergy relation and the job creating potentials will make the program acceptable and sustainable. Funding and legal backing are problems and it will need a life insurance scheme to motivate adequate patronage.  
 
SECURITY PROBLEMS.
 
Generally, security problems in Nigeria and the Yoruba land include Fulani Herdsmen Terrorism. This started from the Boko Haram and Islamic terrorism insurgency in the North East, and moved south into different parts of the country where it became a Fulani Tribal expansion mechanism. It infused the traditional inland Fulani people and introduced high crime to them. They were equipped with sophisticated weapons of warfare with which they kill, maim and burgle. They use their animals to eat and destroy farmlands of crops thereby creating serious food shortages in Nigeria.
General Crime: This include; thugs, armed robbery, Street Vandalism, Advanced Fee Fraud or 419, Yahoo or internet Fraud, Kidnapping and ransom taking. Drug peddling: Smuggling, Burglary and Rape All these had become so endemic that people can no more live peacefully in their houses or walk safely in the street. 
 
3 OBJECTIVE OF THE IGAG STRATEGY: To adopt a grass root multipurpose and socio- cultural protection mechanism to tackle security syndrome at the community level of the society. It will also evolve giant Cock crow surveillance, village-Village contact monitoring, security based empowerment, rapid- response system, highly equipped security based          network, highly equipped security weaponry and consistent, security status reportage. This approach will be planned to flow and synergize with existing policing and security architecture within the communities in the state.
 
4 REQUIRED ANALYSIS OF SECURITY ISSUES IN I & H CONCEPT
 
I.          Security and Culture
Ii.         Security and Poverty Syndrome
Iii.        Security and Foreign Influence
Iv.        Security and peer influence
V.        Existing Security protection architecture
Vi.       Issues and Matters Arising
Vii.      Concluding findings
 
5. PROPOSAL FOR SECURITY SOLUTION
 
A. Concept and plan:- There is a global plan for Yoruba Heritage and governance scheme. It involves the establishment of one operational center in each community development area. (CDA). The center will be called integrity governance and heritage center (IGHC) The center will be a secretariat for the operation of all community based governance activities in each CDA.  Security will be one unit of the center.
B. Approach and Operational Modality: Each center will operate on day-to-day basis. In the security unit, capable youths will be engaged on employment basis like local militant personnel. They will be trained and equipped with mobile transportation equipment like Okada, Tricycle and Taxi and work within the vicinity of or close to their community. Those works will be a cover up for their main purpose of security detailing. They will remain on duty and work as active security details of each community. They can be called Community Vanguards.
 C. Synergy and Amortization:- They will serve as rapid response squads to  the different  security paraphernalia including the police, the military, Amotekun, OPC, and indigenous inters and night guards. The IG Vanguards will become part of them. The synergy will allow them to be the operating arm of each of the above   architecture located on ground for monitoring, rapid response and reportage.
D. Funding : Funding will be harmonized to the global Fund established for the community based integrity and heritage governance planned for the South West Yoruba Heritage Renaissance project.
.e. Sustainability: A major strategy of sustainability is the job creations potential of the program. Each personnel will undertake the operation of security as empowerment position. As long as the program depends on empowerment, the job will subsist.
 
F. Possible constraints and problems: Funding of facilities and infrastructures will be needed. The program needs legal backing from government. Security works involve risk of life and properties, adequate protection and insurance need to be put in place to guarantee the interests and to motivate commitment to the             program.
 
CONCLUSION: The Yoruba Heritage Renaissances program requires a strong and safe security protection mechanism to enable progress and development planned for the Yoruba race. A grass root multipurpose and socio- cultural protection mechanism to tackle security syndrome at the community level of the society will be most appropriate. Its concept as a synergy relation with existing security architecture and the job creating potentials will make the program acceptable and sustainable. Funding and legal backing are problems that will be needed as well as life insurance scheme to motivate adequate patronage.