INSECURITY: NSCDC Is Positioned To Tackle Challenges, Says Aregbesola

L-R: SSG to Kebbi State Government,  Alh Babale Umar Yauri, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, CG NSCDC, Abubakar Audi PhD and Director, Joint Services Dept Ministry of Interior, Mr Peter Egbodo at the commissioning of the NSCDC Command, Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State.

"The Corps has in the last couple of years demonstrated its readiness to positively impact on the nation’s security through its proactiveness especially prompt and regular sharing of actionable intelligence,"  Belgore 

Inspite of the recent successes recorded by the nation's security agencies, the Hon. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to ensure crime is reduced to barest minimum in Nigeria. 

Aregbesola, represented by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, made this disclosure at the commissioning of the ultra modern office accommodation for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kebbi State Command.

Belgore, in a statement signed by Afonja Fatai Ajibola, Deputy Director Press and Public Relations Department of the Ministry, commended the leadership of the NSCDC for being pragmatic and proactive in providing "adequate security tools and befitting office accommodation" for officers and men of the Corps to accmplish its mandate in protecting critical national infrastructure, fighting banditry, kidnapping and insurgency while providing necessary intelligence to sister agencies and other security bodies to aid fight against criminal elements.

"The Corps has in the last couple of years demonstrated its readiness to positively impact on the nation’s security through its proactiveness especially prompt and regular sharing of actionable intelligence," Belgore emphasised. 

He however urged the personnel of the NSCDC to be dutiful, adding that the facility provided should serve as morale booster to deliver on their mandate as a security agency. 

On his part, the Governor of Kebbi State, Sen. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alh. Babale Yauri admitted that the Corps had been able to complement the efforts of other security agencies in tackling crimes in the state. He promised that the state government would continue to provide support to the NSCDC. 

Speaking earlier during his welcome address, the Commandant-General of NSCDC, Abubakar Audi, mni thanked what he described as unquantifiable policy supports from the Ministry of Interior, saying that such gestures had assited the Corps in its operations.

In a similar development, Belgore also commissioned the the newly built NSCDC Command in Sokoto State that witnessed similar accolades and commendation of the NSCDC and other stakeholders.

The Governor of Sokoto State, Rt Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, represented by the State Commissioner for Career and Security Matters, Alh. Abubakar Maikudi said the Governor was desirous of providing supports to the NSCDC, adding that such supports had positive impact in recent time.

The event was attended by the GOC 8th Div., Brig. Gen. T Ahmed, Heads of security agencies, traditional leaders and other stakeholders.