IWD: NSCDC boss to ensure female personnel excel internationally
By Abba – Eku Onyeka, Abuja
Commandant General (CG), Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Abubakar Audi says his administration will invest heavily in capacity building of female personnel with a view to creating a formidable female Corps that can compete favorably with their counterparts all over the World, according to a press release from Director, Public Relations, NSCDC National Headquarters, DCC Olusola Odumosu.
As the globe recently marked the International Women’s Day (IWD), the CG gave the assurance while addressing the personnel of the Corps during his review of the first Muster Parade at the National Headquarters in Abuja.
He said throughout history, the central role of women in the society has ensured the stability, progress and long-term development of Nations, just as he commended the selfless commitment, untiring efforts and inestimable contributions of female officers of the Corps to the attainment of the mandates of NSCDC.
The CG also assured Officers and Men of the Corps of timely promotion and credible deployment in his bid to reposition the Corps.
Frowning at the irregularities around promotion and posting of officers and men before his assumption of office he directed that nominal roll of personnel who have been stagnated for five years and beyond be compiled with a view to correcting the irregularities.
While speaking with the Personnel on his policy direction, he expressed his determination to re-ignite the passion for the job by rewarding hard work and diligence through promotion and other forms of motivation as he vowed to deal decisively with anyone found exploiting officers for promotion and postings.
Audi said he was aware of the backlog of unpaid promotion arrears and would stop at nothing to address it, just as he informed the personnel that efforts are in progress to represent the matter to relevant authorities for consideration. He reiterated that henceforth, promotion of personnel would attract corresponding salary increment in his own time and not the other way round.
Stressing that his assumption of office is not to lead a section of the Corps, but to run an all-inclusive administration, the CG charged officers and men to see themselves as members of one family that must shun all forms of religious bigotry and ethnic jingoism. He assured of his commitment to develop training strategies by deploying modern technology to combat all forms of insecurity in the Country. He also charged personnel to ensure work efficiency, humility and integrity in service delivery with fresh zeal to implement the operational concept of the Corps.
Dr. Audi emphasized that the Corps will translate its comparative advantage as a grassroot security organization which wines and dines with the people given its presence in the 774 Local Government Areas, districts and cells which gives the Corps access to timely information and credible intelligence towards winning the war against insecurity.
He assured the Federal Government of plans to harness the potentials of the Corps, which has a distinctive advantage over and above other services having enjoyed rigorous training and capacity building programs organized by other agencies such as the Army, Police, Correctional Service, Department of State Security (DSS), National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) among others.
