• As NSCDC CG tasks Zonal, State Commanders on adequate preparations
By Paul Michael, Defence Editor, Abuja
All is set for the newly recruited personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to commence their training across the country. This follows the successful completion of documentation exercise that started at the beginning of February.
The Trumpet gathered that before the nationwide training, all the newly recruits were subjected to full documentation in batches, where their details including biometric data were captured at the NSCDC National Headquarters Sauka, Abuja.
A statement by the Director of Public relations, DCC Odumosu Olusola, on Friday, April 8, 2022, stated that the new entrants are required to physically present themselves for basic mandatory training before proceeding for career courses at State Commands level. He added that the training programme is pre-planned and coordinated from the National Headquarters in Abuja.
DCC Olusola further stated that in preparation for the commencement of the nationwide training, the Commandant General of NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, had directed Zonal Commanders and State Commandants to make adequate arrangements for the resumption of the training program.
“The harmonized basic training is expected to progress simultaneously for three months in different locations across the country where they will be exposed to regimental orientation and the mandates of the Corps. Thereafter, they will proceed in batches for more training at the various training colleges of the Corps,” he said.
The Trumpet recalled that Dr Audi, in a bid to upgrade the standard of the Corps to a world-class organisation through training, had with the approval of the Ministry of Interior, inaugurated a 16-member committee made up of members of the academia, security experts amongst others to develop a standard curriculum for NSCDC Training Colleges.
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The committee, which is headed by the Vice Chancellor, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Prof SB Suleiman, has submitted the first draft copy of the curriculum to the CG, who expressed delight in the assignment and promised to set up an internal committee made up of senior officers to look into it.
According to DCC Olusola, “The CG urged the recruits to show commitment and exhibit high level of discipline during the training as this would help them to sharpen their skills for the task ahead, which is directly linked to the security of lives and protection of critical national assets and infrastructure.”
