NSCDC Bags Awards for Enhancing Security Measures Nationwide
The activities of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has continued to receive recognition from stakeholders in the security circle with the most recent been the award of the most improved paramilitary agency of the year 2023 accorded the corps by the security watch magazine in a ceremony tagged: “CELEBRATING ICONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY” which took place at the Merit House, Maitama, Abuja.
The Commandant General, Abubakar Ahmed Audi, On assumption of office and concerned about the security situation of the country took flight to ensure the curtailing of all forms of crime in collaboration with sisters agency while carrying out its core mandate by establishing the Special Female Squad and the Safe School Initiative.
The twin concepts geared towards securing students and school environments recorded instant success of reducing crime and criminality to the barest minimum around second environments.
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The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Crime Watch Magazine, Mr Tony Okpe, said the choice of the NSCDC for the award was based in the visionary and exemplary leadership qualities of the Commandant General, Abubakar Ahmed Audi, P.hD, mni, OFR whose brainchild is the Special Female Squad and the Safe School Initiative, two proponent aimed at safeguarding students, school environment and administrators from external threats.
Mr Okpe admonished other heads of security agencies to think out of the box in carrying out their statutory responsibilities in order to birth a holistic approach to strategies that will bring about a comprehensive national security by emulating the NSCDC and the Commandant General of the Corps.
The Commandant General was awarded a LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD as the BEST PERFORMING ICON OF NATIONAL SECURITY.
The corps also received other awards such as the BEST PERFORMING OPERATIONAL FEMALE SQUAD OF THE YEAR 2023 and THE BEST PERFORMING OPERATIONAL FEMALE OFFICER OF THE YEAR 2023.
CSC AFOLABI BABAWALE
CORPS’ NATIONAL PRO
NSCDC
ABUJA.
