By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
At least 100 female officers drawn from the Nigeria Police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been trained by the United States Consular General on Gender Based Violence.
The three days training, held at the American Corner, Courier Plus Compound, Ikeja, was organized in partnership with the Women at Risk International Foundation ( WARIF ) and the United States based International Association of Chiefs of Police ( IACP ) .
According to the organisers, the training was in commemoration of the 16 days of Activism against Gender – Based Violence.
In a remark at the occasion, the NSCDC Commandant Lagos Command, Eweka Okoro assured that the Corps will continue, to support stakeholders to continue to wage war against Gender – Based Violence and ensure that it realize the global goal of zero tolerance to Gender – Based Violence.
He explained that this can only be realised through training and retraining of personnel as well as effective participation and collaboration with stakeholders.
According to him, this is “in line with the vision of the Commandant General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, CG Ahmed Abubakar Audi to rejig, revamp, reposition and re-invigorate the Corps.
While harping on synergy and collaboration with stakeholders, said that Eweka said the Command will remain resolute in its fight against Gender – Based violence without sentiments.
In a release by the Corps Public Relations Officer ASCI Abolurin Oluwaseun Olumide, the Commandant charged the trainees to judiciously and proactively deploy the skills, tacts, techniques and knowledge received from the training at their various complaints’ desks, in a bid to reduce or completely eradicate the menace often caused by Gender – Based Violence.
He seized the opportunity to appreciate the United States Consulate General Claire Pierangelo, United States Consulate Lagos for graciously extending the invitation to the Command.
Eweka also appreciated WARIF and IACP for their relentless efforts in training the trainers and pursuing a zero tolerance goal, in the fight against Gender – Based Violence, just as he opined that workshops, trainings and seminars on gender related matters are germaine for all officers and men at all levels and must be consistently done and propagated with a high level of sensitization and collaboration with other sister security agencies, to ensure greater achievements in internal security and peace support operations amongst others.
