By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has applauded the performance of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in respect to its mandate.
Aregbesola, who gave the pass mark at the 3rd and 4th Quarter 2021 Performance Review Meeting of the Ministry and its Services/Departments from July To December 2021, declared that the Commandant General of the Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi and the entire Corps lived up to its responsibilities within the period under review.
He commended the various transformational programs initiated by the Corps within the last one year, which has raised the morale of personnel and changed the narratives of the service in addition to the visible improvement in the dressings of officers of the service which he noted upon his arrival at the Corps National Headquarters, Abuja.
The minister applauded the CG for the initiative in forming the Female Squad which is helping to protect School children from the clutches of kidnappers in many parts of the country and the introduction of additional New Uniform to its array of uniforms for better public appearance and performance. . Aregbesola, who emphasized on synergy and collaboration between its various agencies charged the NSCDC and Federal Fire Service to work out modalities towards effective partnership in the area of security coverage and protection of firemen and women who are often exposed to horrendous harassments and molestations in the cause of carrying out their lawful duties on one hand and with the Nigeria Correctional Service to provide support in fortifying Nigerian Prisons towards putting an end to the rising wave of jail attacks in the country.
According to a release by the Director Public Department of the Corps DCC Olusola Odumosu at the weekend, the minister assured of his readiness to give quality leadership to the various services under his ministry for improved service delivery.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior Dr. Shuaib Belgore in his remarks, emphasized that the take home from the meeting for the different agencies and departments under the ministry of Interior is for all stakeholders to put on a new toga of quality service and redouble efforts towards achieving the ministry’s set goals.
He reiterated that the various security challenges the nation is facing today is surmountable if we all contribute our quota by doing the right thing at the right time.
The meeting, which was held to review the activities of the various Agencies and Departments under the supervision of the ministry, was chaired by the Minister Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and in attendance were the Parmanent Secretary, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, ably represented by Ag. DCG Administration, Zakari Ibrahim Ningi, fdc, CG Nigeria Immigration Service, Correctional and Fire Service as well as the Director/ Secretary Board, Hajia Aisha Rufai and other Directors from the Ministry of Interior.
