The Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has said that measures have been put in place to ensure that different formations of the Corps do not rest on their oars in ensuring peace returns to every troubled area of the country.
A statement signed by the Corps’ Director of Public Relations DCC Olusola Odumosu, and made available to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), revealed that the Commandant made the declaration at the end of the 1st quarter Commandant General’s Conference for the year 2022 held at the National Headquarters, Abuja, and was convened to ‘brainstorm on the Nation’s security imbroglio with a view to finding a lasting solution to the menace’.
The conference, according to the statement, was attended by top Managements staff, Zonal Commanders, State Commandants, Zonal Commandants, and Commandants from the Corps’ National Headquarters.
In his remarks, Dr. Audi expressed worry over the increase in the wave of insecurity across the country and called for more strategic, inclusive, and holistic action against the crisis by various arms of the service until the insurrections are overwhelmed and surmounted.
He further charged State Commandants to commence capacity development trainings for their personnel with emphasis on surveillance and intelligence gathering to further improve the professional competence and proactive engagements and response of the Corps to security challenges.
The Commandant General maintained that he is very passionate about training and improvement of the skills and capacity of Corps personnel, hence, his efforts towards effective collaboration with relevant stakeholders, sister agencies, emergency response agencies as well as international donors agencies.
He charged the State Commandants to improve and upscale their effort towards protecting Critical National Assets and Infrastructures at their various locations and to sensitive host communities on the need to support security agencies in the fight against insecurity by reporting any strange and suspicious movements around such facilities promptly to security agencies on time for proactive measures to be taken to forestall bandits attacks, sabotage, willful damage, vandalism or theft.
He condemned the recent attacks on the Abuja- Kaduna railways which culminated in the loss of lives, property, and kidnapping of innocent citizens, and immediately gave a marching order to all State Commandants to go back and suppress any form of threats to the safety of citizens and the nation critical assets and infrastructure.
“There is a need for all of you to increase your intelligence and information gathering capacity because it is the key to a quick, timely, and proactive response to crime and emergency situations and you have no choice than to fight these criminals head-on because my administration will leave no stone unturned in deploying all possible arsenals to ensure the nation enjoys relative peace and socio-economic development”. CG said.
He encouraged them to work in synergy with other security and law enforcement agencies and to collaborate with traditional rulers to nip all these security challenges in the bud as no individual or agency can claim to have the monopoly on tactics and strategies.
Dr. Audi appreciated some dedicated and committed State Commandants who have keyed into his vision in the last year and charged them to put in more effort to make sure that the Corps is distinguished by excellent service delivery while also hinting that more transformational policies and programs are underway for implementation.
The high point of the CG’s conference was the issuance of some newly acquired utility and articulated vehicles to various Commands and ambulances to Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt airports, and FCT environs for rescue and disaster intervention.
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