The study investigated the effects of socio-economic characteristics on food security status of cocoa farming households. The study was conducted in Ondo State, Nigeria. There was random selection of four notable cocoa producing Local Government Areas (LGAs) and from each of the four selectedLGAs, there was random selection of two communities. However, from the eight communities, a total of two hundred respondent households were randomly selected. The data collected were analysed with descriptive statistics as well as probit model. The study shows that the mean age for cocoa farming households' head in the overall state was 52.2 years and the mean household size in the study area was about five members per household. The proportion of the food secure households was 43% while that of the food insecure households was 57%. The inferential analysis shows that six variables were found to be significant in determining the food security status of the farming households. The variables are household size (p<0.01), age of household head (p<0.10), farming experience of household head (p<0.05), output of roots and tubers (p<0.01), output of cereals (p<0.05) and output of cocoa (p<0.01). The study concluded that there is a need to increase

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The above statement encapsulates the need for adherence to the rule of law in political governance. This has more than ever before brought the primacy between national security and personal liberty of individuals in Nigeria to the front burner. The partisans of rule of law say, it is the font et origo, the father and grundnorm which takes precedence and priority over national security. It is a paradigm shift from the logic of empire, kingdom and fiefdom. The crux of the matter in this piece is which arm of government determines when national security or interest is in jeopardy? This paper therefore examined the concept of the rule of law and the extent to which it can be sacrificed on the altar of national security in a democracy. Using primary and secondary sources of information, the study found that it is dangerous to national security or interest for the executive arm to whimsically deprive citizens of their constitutionally guaranteed rights because of perceived or actual threat to national security. The study concluded that the determination of when national security takes prominence over the rule of law should be the exclusive preserve of the judiciary. To do otherwise would amount to the ruins of law.