The Commandant
General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps[NSCDC], Abdullahi
Gana Muhammadu, says that 15,000 Officers and Men of the Corps has been
trained nationally and internationally in rapid response, disaster
mitigation, early warning signal alert system, rehabilitation of victims
of both natural and man-made disasters.
Gana noted, that
as a critical stakeholder in disaster prevention, mitigation and
management that the Corps has deployed 5,000 personnel to the North-East
to protect the IDP camps, and to re-occupy the re-claimed Towns and
Villages by the Military, in line with the Corps statutory mandate on
disaster management.
The CG who
received the Director General of National Space Research Development
Agency[NASRDA], Professor Seidu Mohammed, at the Corps National
Headquarters, Abuja, maintained that the request for synergy between the
two Agencies is in order.
The DG NASRDA in his remarks, highlighted that, he has come
to the NSCDC to intimate the Commandant General of the activities of
his organization and to seek ways and means of synergy between the two
organizations for national security and development.
After taking a
look at the NSCDC Command and Control Centre, the Director General was
very impressed with what he saw at the centre, and called for the
setting up of a committee of NSCDC and NASRDA for the purpose of
protection of Critical Infrastructures and other National Assets using
the satellites at NASRDA Space Centre.
He also called
for capacity building of the staff of the two organizations to form a
formidable team of Research and Development committee that will be
stationed all over the federation for monitoring, managing and
preventing vandals from carrying out their dastard acts, especially on
oil pipelines, Critical Infrastructure and National Assets.
The NASRDA Boss
posited that his organization is ready to assist with all the
technologies needed for this purpose, especially the satellite
imageries, maps and other technological logistics to facilitate this
collaboration between NSCDC and NASRDA.
The Commandant General thanked the DG for his visit, and
sought for assistance in the establishment of another Command Control
Centre to monitor activities in the North East for prompt intervention
whenever necessary.
Head of Press and PR
NSCDC Hq
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