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Abraham Maslow's Theory Of Safety And Security

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Introduction
The need for safety and security is not only inherent but is also an instinctual need. Man craves the need to be safe, sound and free from attacks of any kind. Man as a social animal feels obligated to constantly interact, and in this course of this intermingling, man is bound to offend and be offended, man is bound to launch and suffer spasm, hence the need to secure and save man from man, for man first of all is the enemy of man. One would not blame God for giving man the task of dominating and subduing the earth since man has misconstrued this divine assignment to mean subjugating his fellow man. In view of this there is no gainsaying that safety is not just a requisite but is a necessity. Little wonder in his theory of human needs, Abraham Maslow gave the safety and security need a favourable position is his five-tiered hierarchy of needs. It is based on this premise that one begins to look at how man came to be in dire need of safety and security and how well this grim desire has been met. The society is now in a state of one-eyed-slumber where one does not sleep with two eyes closed for fear of attack and reprisal attack.
The society we live in is such wherein the child is the enemy of the father who in turn traumatizes the mother who also is a threat to the neighbour, and the vicious cycle becomes endless. One wouldn’t therefore be surprised if even men of God have resorted to hiring bodyguards in the discharge of their spiritual calling. The Nigerian

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