Experts are suggesting a revamping of security to ensure effective basic policing in the fight against terrorism in Ghana. The experts, drawn from various organisations in the country, said current security measures being taken by the security must run alongside a stronger basic policing to ensure a more effective clampdown on even the most unassuming sources of threat. Their comment follows word from the Information Ministry that government is procuring full-body scanners to be mounted at the Kotoka International Airport. The need to tighten security at the country’s airports is enjoying the strongest boost around the world following the botched bomb plot by a Nigerian. The Netherlands said Wednesday it was installing the scanners at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, where security staff failed to detect explosives being taken aboard Northwest Airlines flight 253. In Nigeria, where the 23-year-old terrorist suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab comes from is also said to be introducing the scanners. In a panel discussion on Joy FM on Tuesday, Accra-based legal practitioner, Ace Ankomah, said although such scanners might help, the country’s security require “basic infrastructure.” “There are all kinds of logistical issues to consider but and the scanners might not solve this problem,” he said. A criminologist, Ken Attafuah, said in as much as security has to be tightened, the scanners could be “the system which allows the big fish…to go scot-free while the small spiders are caught.” He was however quick to add that the apparent fear that seems to have consumed the country following the failed bombing attempt would feel safer seeing visible security. “If people can see that at our airports there is visible naked signs of enhanced security, they feel better, they feel a bit secure even if they may be a false sense of security,” he said. He also said Ghanaians must combat hatemongering as well as racism in fighting terrorism in the country. A law lecturer at the University of Ghana Faculty of Law, Kissi Agyabeng, says the simplest way out is to “put our laws to work.” “This is a country where you can bribe your way out of everything and this is a country that now we have to actually protect ourselves from even common thieves,” he said. Ace lawyer Yoni Kulendi who also appeared on the show said government must also look to improving intelligence by encouraging the citizenry to contribute information. Mr Kulendi added that the problem must also be tackled at the early ages of children. Story by Fiifi Koomson/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana