The Minister of Interior, Gen Abdulrahman Dambazzau, said yesterday that the deployment of the NSCDC officers is part of government’s move to stop insurgency in the region as well as help reclaim territories and secure the northeast.
This is as he advised the leadership of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) to emulate the cost cutting strategy of the NSCDC, whom he said has matched allocated budgetary funds with results.
Dambazzau, who described the corps as an active and leading contributor to peace and security on the national stage made the revelation at the permanent site of the corps in Sauka, Abuja.
He said the officers drafted to the region will not only help stabilise the region but help secure areas that have been liberated by the Nigerian army.
The minister expressed optimism that the Corps has the capacity needed to undertake crisis management operations in the country as its promotes democratic value.
He said, “You have come a long way and a lot is expected of you. This is the time that the country needs you, especially in the areas of peace building in the North- East, to stabilise the areas that have been freed by the NIgerian army.
“You must rededicate yourself to training so as to perfect your responsibilities. I have no doubt that you are capable. Aside providing adequate security in the region, the officers will secure places of worship and critical government assets”.
Earlier, the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana Muhammed, told the minister that the Corps has already deployed about 3,800 men at the instance of the Nigerian army, he promised that the remaining 1,200 officers will join them in no distance time to meet up with the number requested by the Nigerian army.
SOURCE: LEADERSHIP
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