The Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi has reaffirmed the corp’s commitment to overall protection and safety in the educational sector.
He emphasised his determination to ensure the safety of students, teachers and the learning environment across the nation, saying in achieving this herculean task, there was a need for the officers and men to acquire the relevant skills and knowledge to enhance effective service delivery.
He spoke at a one-day safe school workshop organized by the National Safe School and Response Centre headed by Commandant Hammed Abodunrin.
“Let me reaffirm and state unequivocally that personnel training and manpower development is a prerogative in actualizing the fundamental objectives and directive principles of the policies of government as well as the statutory mandate of providing safety and security for Nigerian citizens.”
Public Relations Officer of NSCDC, Babawale Afolabi, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the Commandant General who was represented by Commandant Akenimo Peter said that the corps has been saddled with the responsibility to take charge and bring out policies to protect the critical national assets and infrastructure of the nation.
He added that the protection of the schools’ infrastructures, assets, teachers, students and the entire learning environment were very vital and is embedded in the operational agenda of the National Safe School Response Coordination Centre.
The CG reassured that the Corps was fully prepared to train over 2,000 personnel nationwide that would cascade to others the acquired skills in the protection of schools and students across the board.
He further advised the participants to take advantage of the training adding that all the officers involved would be posted to various outposts to tackle the menace of insecurity in schools.
The Commander, Safe School, Dr Hammed Abodunrin in his remarks, charged the trainees to use the opportunity of the training programme to upscale their skills and be better equipped to tackle emerging challenges in their respective jurisdictions.
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