POVERTY CONNECTS WITH CRIME | Lawrence Macaulay Pepple | TEDxPortHarcourt

Nigeria as the world poverty capital, has about 94,696,616 of its population trapped in extreme poverty and living below the acceptable standard.
The high level of economic stagnation in the country, causes over 4000 people to slide into poverty every day which is a contributing factor to the radical increase in crime rate; as monies deliberately meant to bring people out of poverty is being squandered and diverted, creating an excuse for the needy to propagate crime.
This connection between poverty and crime is linked to lack of opportunity, employment and engagement of young people. Where there is abject poverty, crime follows, because it's perceived as a quick route to acquire wealth.
In 1983, Larry as fondly called, started out in the Nigerian Security Organisation, now Department of State Security, until 1999 when he was appointed as Chief Detail for the then Executive Governor Dr. Peter Odili and then became the CSO responsible for overall Planning, Implementation and Enforcement of all Physical/Personal Security for the first family and designated government official including security planning and peaceful resolution of conflicts and also ensuring optimum peaceful co-habitation in the state.
He graduated from the University of Port Harcourt with a degree in Sociology with emphasis in Social Welfare and Community Development and a PGD in Police Science and Criminology, a Master of Science degree in Conflict, Security and Development from the University of Birmingham..
Larry enjoys discussions that will engender sustainable development of Rivers State and the Niger Delta as well as enjoys reading biographies of world leaders and civil rights activist This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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