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  • NSCDC deploys 500 personnel to schools in Borno

    NSCDC deploys 500 personnel to schools in Borno

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ), Borno Command, on Friday said it had deployed 500 personnel to enhance security in public schools in the state.

    The Commandant of the corps, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, disclosed this in an interview with the News men in Maiduguri.

    Abdullahi said that the personnel were deployed to seven of the 22 liberated local government areas of the state.

    He explained that the measure was part of efforts to enhance security for pupils and teachers in the schools.

    He also said that the deployment was in line with the directives of the corps’ Commander-General, Mr Abdullahi Gana, that schools in the North-East be provided with security and protected.

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    According to him, the command was working in collaboration with other security agencies in order to ensure protection of lives and property.

    He said, “Following the incident of abduction of school girls in Yobe, the Command Headquarters directed immediate deployment of personnel to schools in the state.

    “This include special armed, counter terrorism and anti-riot squad, bomb detection and disposal unit, intelligence, detective as well as rescue and medical teams,” he said.

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  • NSCDC moves to address personnel’s housing needs

    NSCDC moves to address personnel’s housing needs

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ) has moved to key into the Federal Government’s housing policy to address the accommodation needs of its personnel.

    Spokesman of the Corps, Mr Emmanuel Okeh, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.

    Okeh said the Commandant General (CG) of the Corps, Mr Abdullahi Gana, announced the move while addressing officers and men of the Corps at its headquarters in Abuja.

    According to him, Gana directed relevant officers in the agency to work out modalities in that regard.

    The officers include the Commandant in charge of housing, and the President of the NSCDC Staff Multi-purpose Cooperative Society.

    They were also directed to shop for developers that “are ready to build houses for the personnel at affordable costs in NSCDC Commands nationwide.

    “The CG re-assured the personnel that under his leadership they would get their entitlements without favouratism or lobbying, stressing that he belongs to everybody in the Corps.

    “Gana, therefore, charged the personnel to always channel their grievances through appropriate quarters and shun rumour mongering,” the spokesman said.

    The NSCDC boss had said that the recent “re-integration of next of kins of deceased personnel” into the Corps, was misunderstood by many as a recruitment/replacement exercise.

    He stated that fraudsters also capitalised on it to defraud desperate job seekers.

    “But we cannot be deterred because it is the only way of compensating the families of those we lost in the line of duty.

    “I am using this opportunity to reiterate my advice to job applicants to be careful so as not to fall victims of the antics of scammers.

    “As soon soon we get presidential approval to recruit, the Corps will place employment advertisement in national dailies and not online,” Okeh quoted him as saying.

  • NSCDC sets up special squad for Bama

    NSCDC sets up special squad for Bama

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has set up a special squad to boost security operations in Bama community of Borno.

    Spokesman of the Corps, Mr Emmanuel Okeh, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the squad was codenamed Special Bama Squad (SBS).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bama was declared an “Islamic Caliphate’’ by Boko Haram terrorists, who captured it along with Gwoza in 2014.

    But Nigerian troops reclaimed the community in 2015, and reconstruction works are ongoing in areas destroyed by the terrorists.

    Okeh stated that the Commandant-General (CG) of the NSCDC, Mr Abdullahi Gana, announced the squad while addressing members of management, and zonal and state commandants of the agency in Abuja.

    He quoted the CG as saying that the move was in compliance with a recent directive by the Federal Government to security agencies to beef up their presence in the North-East.

    The government, according to him, specifically directed the Army, NSCDC and the Police to provide 1,500 personnel each to Bama.

    They were mandated to receive the Emir of Bama and other returning IDPs, in addition to providing adequate protection for the civil populace of the community.

    “The Special Bama Squad is an additional number of personnel who will carry out round-the-clock patrols in all the nooks and crannies of Bama community and its suburbs.

    “They have been mandated to synergise with other security agencies in the Bama axis,’’ Gana said.

  • NSCDC partners Russia’s Ministry of Civil Defence

    NSCDC partners Russia’s Ministry of Civil Defence

    The Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana, on Wednesday said the Corps would partner with the Ministry of Civil Defence, Russia, on capacity building.

     

    This is contained in a statement signed by Emmanuel Okeh, the Corps’ Spokesperson and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

     

    According to the statement, Gana made the remarks during a courtesy call on him by Mr Nikolay Udovichenko, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Russia to the Corps’ National Headquarters.

     

    Gana said the collaboration between the NSCDC and its Russian counterpart would grow until it reached enviable heights.

     

    He maintained that he was very desirous of moving the Corps forward, adding that he was very pleased with the positive response from Russia.

     

    The Corps helmsman noted that the Corps was in dire need of more training on disaster management and protection of critical infrastructure, as well as the Private Guard Company department.

     

    In his remarks, Mr Udovichenko, who was accompanied by Denis Bukshnaitis, his Attaché, said the Russian Federation through the Ministry of Civil Defence, Russia, was very delighted to partner with the NSCDC.

     

    Udovichenko stressed that they would ensure that the NSCDC succeeded in delivering on its mandate by providing very robust capacity building for the personnel of the Corps.

     

    He disclosed that the Russian Ministry of Civil Defence was made up of 17 functional and active departments, adding that he believed strongly that the NSCDC would benefit immensely from the partnership.

     

    The Envoy also invited the commandant-general to pay a working visit to Russia in order to visit the Russian Civil Defence and discuss as well as explore more ways in which the needs of the Corps could be met.