{"id":171240,"date":"2025-07-25T23:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nscdc-presents-licences-to-28-security-companies"},"modified":"2025-07-26T00:26:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T23:26:39","slug":"nscdc-presents-licences-to-28-security-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nscdc-presents-licences-to-28-security-companies","title":{"rendered":"NSCDC Presents Licences to 28 Security Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The NSCDC Commandant-General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has presented 28 operating licences to Chief Executive Officers of private security guard companies.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by CSC Afolabi Babawale, National Public Relations Officer, NSCDC National Headquarters, Abuja, stated that the Commandant-General presented the certificates while addressing the national executives of the Association of Licensed Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria, ALPSPN, and the newly registered members.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the NSCDC Commandant-General said the business of enhancing effective security across the nation is a collective responsibility, which calls for prompt and timely intelligence gathering.<\/p>\n<p>Audi was represented by the Deputy Commandant-General, Directorate of Technical Services, DCG Zakari Ibrahim Ningi, who made the presentation of licences to the newly registered private guard companies at NSCDC National Headquarters in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are acquainted with the fact that most of the chief executive officers of the private guard companies are ex-service men whose wealth of experience would stimulate and provide credible intelligence needed to enhance adequate security; premise on this, you are therefore charged to uphold the integrity and standards of professionalism and commitment so that together we can build a nation; safe for investors and habitable for technological advancement across board,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Audu explained that, though the licences might be for business profit, it is also an opportunity for them to contribute their quota to strengthening national security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe assured that your companies would be assessed and rated based on adherence to regulatory requirements; therefore, future relationships with the Corps, including renewal of your licenses, shall be based on your performance,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The NSCDC boss further stated that the licences are issued at a time when a unified training curriculum, which ensures that guards receive the same training irrespective of their location in Nigeria, has been launched.<\/p>\n<p>While congratulating the newly licensed companies, he urged them to maintain the qualities of integrity, impeccable character, and trustworthiness, which were considered requirements before the approval of their licences.<\/p>\n<p>In a welcome address, the Assistant Commandant-General in charge of the Private Guard Companies Department, ACG Peter Maigari, who described the process as rigorous and tedious, reaffirmed the Corps\u2019 commitment to professionalism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The NSCDC Commandant-General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has presented 28 operating licences to Chief Executive Officers of private security guard companies. A statement by CSC Afolabi Babawale, National Public Relations Officer, NSCDC National Headquarters, Abuja, stated that the Commandant-General presented the certificates while addressing the national executives of the Association of Licensed Private [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,1337,354],"class_list":["post-171240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-nscdc","tag-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NSCDC Presents Licences to 28 Security Companies - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The NSCDC Commandant-General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has presented 28 operating licences to Chief Executive Officers of pr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nscdc-presents-licences-to-28-security-companies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NSCDC Presents Licences to 28 Security Companies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The NSCDC Commandant-General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has presented 28 operating licences to Chief Executive Officers of pr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nscdc-presents-licences-to-28-security-companies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T22:26:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T23:26:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753473521.454623.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nscdc-presents-licences-to-28-security-companies#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nscdc-presents-licences-to-28-security-companies\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NSCDC Presents Licences to 28 Security Companies\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-25T22:26:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-25T23:26:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nscdc-presents-licences-to-28-security-companies\"},\"wordCount\":372,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nscdc-presents-licences-to-28-security-companies#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753473521.454623.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"NSCDC\",\"security\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nscdc-presents-licences-to-28-security-companies#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nscdc-presents-licences-to-28-security-companies\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nscdc-presents-licences-to-28-security-companies\",\"name\":\"NSCDC Presents Licences to 28 Security Companies - 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