As part of strategies to discharge its duty of securing the Nation, the new leadership of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed plans to redevelop some of the heads of formations across the country.
The planned shake-up is however generating panic among top officers and men of the Corps.
The new NSCDC helmsman also decried what he termed “unnecessary rivalry and envy” among the security agencies to forge a common front against the current level of insecurity in the country.
Speaking at a two-day training workshop for the State Commandants of the Corps, Wednesday in Abuja, the NSCDC Comptroller General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, called for a multi-agency approach through effective collaboration to tackle the menace of banditry and other forms of insecurity in Nigeria.
The workshop was organised by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, led by its country representative Dr. Vladimir Kreck.
Audi said the planned redeployment is not to witch-hunt any officer, adding that he was not on revenge mission.
He said: “As you all aware that I’m just bearly two weeks old in office and after this workshop we are going to meet on Friday to brainstorm and I will unveil to you my roadmap, so that if you are with us you will join the train, if you are not with us you will find your way.
“In our bid to reposition the Service we are going to do some redevelopment and if you are lucky to remain in your place, that’s your luck and if you are not lucky and you are removed please don’t feel bad because we must allow others to have some taste of commanding formation. There is no intention of any witch hunt or any revenge, we want to see that the past glory of NSCDC is being brought back.”
While promising to reposition the agency, Audi said his leadership will partner more to boost personnel’s capacity and instill discipline that will bring back the glory of the Corps.
“The increasing rate of armed conflict, occasioned by armed banditry, kidnappings, farmers/herders clashes, vandalism, community clashes, ethno/religious crisis among others, makes it imperative to explore opportunities provided by the workshops of this nature towards addressing and finding lasting solutions.
“To this end, the need for multi-agency approach through effective collaboration in the exchange of vital security information and intelligence. In addition, security agencies need to work as a team and harness each other’s core competence to build a formidable team to face these challenges head on.
“It is clear from the foregoing that security agencies need to avoid unnecessary rivalry and envy to forge a common front to secure our nation,” the new NSCDC boss said.
