The Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, PhD, mni, has urged all Zonal and State Commandants to function optimally by stepping up their operational activities in securing the nation and safeguarding critical assets and infrastructure.

The Commandant gave the charge at the Corps National Headquarters, Abuja. He said the NSCDC personnel need to justify the confidence reposed on them by the Government by ensuring in the protection of Critical National Assets and Infrastructure, Disaster Management, supervision of Private Guard Companies and the protection of farmers and farmlands.

Audi noted that insecurity ravaging the nation such as terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, militancy, ethnic agitation, kidnapping, oil bunkering, etc has affected the economy, hence, the need for the corps to address this menace as soon as possible.

He said; ‘’The only way to justify your existence is to carry out your duties beyond reasonable doubt; our mandates are very clear, so, we must resist any attempt by criminal elements to subvert our peaceful coexistence and be able to show to Nigerians that we are collecting government salaries."

The CG directed all State Commandants to renew and strengthen their anti-vandalism drive by closing down more illegal refineries, arrest and prosecute oil thieves, illegal bunkering suspects and tankers loading, reloading and transloading crude oil across borders.

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Audi, who noted that safeguarding the nation’s critical infrastructure is a task that must be done as it impacts directly on national prosperity, human capital development and survival of the people, reminded the Corps formations of his vision to rejig, reinvigorate, revitalize, reengineer, refocus and reposition the Corps towards building a strong, virile and proactive organization that is knowledge driven, bearing in mind the need to improve on quality of service, productivity, professionalism and operational efficiency. 

He promised to introduce career development progression courses for each category of officers which will be the main determinant for their promotion and progression in service. In his words, the CG said

He said;  ‘’What this means in essence and as a matter of policy is that you must have passed a prescribed career development course before you can be considered for promotion to the next rank."

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