A risk mitigation and security expert has called for a policy to regulate the operations of security management companies and security equipment manufacturers.
He regretted the lack of coordination and non-conformity to standards by the security outfits in terms of service delivery and product manufacture.
Managing Director, Risk Control Services, Nigeria Ltd, Mr. Olufemi Ajayi, spoke during the presentation of ISO 9001: 2008 by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on its product that screens the background of graduates from the tertiary institutions, with records in some cases covering over 20 years.
He said the service has replaced the strenuous procedure organisations go through to validate the academic records and qualifications of its intending and existing work force. He said his firm created the only extant and most robust information database to assist manufacturers, service industries, banks and financial institutions to run their outfits with competent and non encumbered staff.
He said: “We invested our shareholders funds at the inception to create the only existing and most robust information database of graduates from many of Nigeria’s tertiary institutions with our records in some cases covering over twenty years; all accessible at the click of a button. This service has replaced the laborious process organisations hitherto go through to validate the academic records and qualifications of its intending and existing employee work force. This is an industry first.”
Ajayi called for a policy to regulate the security firms, noting that most of them are only providing guards, which ranks least in the hierarchy of resources protection without any forensic aptitude on risk identification and mitigation.
“We continued with this differentiation strategy to drive a reformative manpower development programme in the private security industry by establishing a security training academy, Risk Control Academy, aimed at developing a new set of security professionals adequately equipped and with the right mentality to understand and tackle the constantly evolving threats to companies operations. After a rigorous examination and audit of our facility and curriculum, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), the body that regulates polytechnics and colleges of education, gave the Academy a license and two of our programs – Security Management & Technology, and IT Networks & Electronic Security were accredited,” he said.
He said the firm won the ISO certification as a result of hard work and painstaking adherence to international standards.
Speaking on the occasion, SON’s Director-General, Dr. Joseph Odumodu said a company that wants enduring foot print in economic competitiveness in these challenging times should aspire to get enlisted into the ISO certification. He said remains the only way they can be recognised globally.
“Quality for excellence has no destination and remains a moving target. Your product that won you the certification delivers various security solutions in all manner of forms to industries, banks, service industry and the manufacturing sector. There is a need for you to consistently improve on your services to retain the certification as the bedrock of the certification is integrity, quality, passion and professionalism,” he said.
Represented by the Director Management Certification, Mrs Oluremi Ayeni, the DG commended the management of Risk Control Services Nigeria Ltd, on its robust database that has the data of graduates from Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions in the last 20 years. He said the feat is not only the first in West Africa but a platform to eliminate the hassles employers of labour go through to confirm claims by would be employees.
Furthermore, he said the total security package of the company which include forensic, anti-counterfeiting and background screening is made more attractive as the top notch service is for the ultimate benefit of the customer.