FG decorates 22 newly promoted NSCDC senior officers

The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has charged the newly promoted 22 Assistant Controller Generals (ACGs) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to reawaken their consciousness and justify their promotion by ensuring sustained diligence, patriotism, fairness, and integrity in the discharge of their responsibilities.

Secretary of the Civil Defence, Fire, Correctional and Immigration Services Board (CDFIB), Major General Abdulmalik Jubril (Rtd), who represented the Minister, conferred the officers with their ranks at a brief ceremony in Abuja.

Tunji-Ojo tasked the senior management officers on the need to project exemplary lives worthy of emulation, noting that promotion is a call to responsibility that comes with higher tasks and accountability.

“As ‎I congratulate you on your new promotions; Let me on behalf of the Interior Minister charge you to justify the confidence reposed in you as it is required that you live above expectations and build incoming generation to sustain the good legacies of the Corps,” he stated.

NSCDC Commandant General, Prof. Abubakar Ahmed Audi, admonished the officers to continue working relentlessly with absolute loyalty and dedication in order to tackle emerging security threats in the country.

National Public Relations Officer, NSCDC, Afolabi Babawale, in a statement on Thursday, said Audi called on the officers to exhibit professionalism and integrity in mentoring their subordinates.

The NSCDC boss commended the renewed hope and innovative policies of the Minister of Interior, which have resulted in clearing the promotion backlogs and stagnation in the service, pledging his administration’s determination to sustain it.

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The CG further lauded the Minister of Interior, whose efforts have strengthened the capacity of the Corps to address security challenges, promote economic stability, enhance the welfare of personnel, and foster collaboration between the Corps and other agencies.

In another development, the Commandant General of NSCDC also used the opportunity to present N5 million worth of cheques to the next-of-kin of slain NSCDC personnel.

Babawale said this was to provide succour to the families of CCA Anyamele Justice and AIC Bello Bako Musa, who were deployed to “Operations Plug” and paid the supreme price, losing their lives in the line of duty at Obiakpu Village, Abia State, in Zone 3 segment of the Eastern Corridor on 25th February, 2025.

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