{"id":116915,"date":"2024-04-25T10:46:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T09:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ex-nscdc-boss-warns-fg-against-merging-corps-with-police"},"modified":"2024-04-25T13:22:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T12:22:23","slug":"ex-nscdc-boss-warns-fg-against-merging-corps-with-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-nscdc-boss-warns-fg-against-merging-corps-with-police","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NSCDC boss warns FG against merging corps with police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A retired Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Desmond Agu, has warned against moves to convince the Federal Government to merge the corps with the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, saying it would worsen the security challenges in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Agu, who until his retirement was a commandant in six states, urged the Federal Government to shun any individual lobbying for such a merger, adding that those seeking the merger were ignorant of the roles of NSCDC as a special purpose security vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the security challenges as multifaceted, he said coordinated multiple approaches were needed to confront them, adding that the NSCDC has filled a significant part of the void.<\/p>\n<p>He said NSCDC\u2019s special roles of protecting and safeguarding critical national infrastructures and monitoring the activities of private security companies among others would be undermined by such a merger.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that the Federal Government\u2019s white paper on the Orosonya Report recognized the special roles of NSCDC and called for strengthening the corps to enhance its performance as an independent entity instead of merging it with any other force.<\/p>\n<p>The former NSCDC boss said: \u201cWe must kill the idea of merging the NSCDC with the Nigeria Police Force because doing so will worsen the security challenges in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNSCDC was created by the Constitution as a special vehicle to tackle unique and critical security challenges affecting mostly the national economy. The corps is designed to protect critical security infrastructures such as oil pipelines, electrical installations among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important to note that any attempt to merge NSCDC with the police will blur these critical roles and slow down the ongoing recovery of the National economy. Those who are promoting this idea for whatever reason should jettison it because it will not do the country any good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince its establishment, NSCDC has been professionally discharging its responsibilities, building public confidence in its activities. What the corps needs is better financing to keep performing its critical roles and not this merger\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A retired Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Desmond Agu, has warned against moves to convince the Federal Government to merge the corps with the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, saying it would worsen the security challenges in the country. 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