NSCDC boss orders RAPID RESPONSE SQUAD across state commands

By Correspondent in Abuja

The Commandant-General(GC) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr. Ahmed Abubabar Audi, has ordered the immediate setting up of Rapid Response Squad in all the State Commands of the Corps across the country.

DCC OLUSHOLA ODUMOSU,Directors, Public Relations Department of
NSCDC Headquarters, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday.

He said the CG gave the matching order during an orientation programme, organized for the newly promoted Commandants and serving State Commandants at the National Headquarters of the Corps in Abuja as part of efforts to rejig the activities of the organization and enhance the capabilities of officers and men in the states.
  
Dr. Audi said the development became imperative, to replicate his creation of the Rapid Response Squad in every state command to respond to all forms of crime and criminalities in real and quick time.

The GC said” This is aimed ensuring prompt and timely intervention in times of emergencies, disasters and unforeseen security breaches.”

The NSCDC boss maintained that the confidence reposed on the Corps by the Commander in Chief, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian citizens must be sustained and improved upon.

He therefore called on the State Commandants to beef up security in their respective States, to forestall any breakdown of law and order before, during and after the Democracy Day celebration.

He reminded the officers,‘’Power is not a gift but a responsibility and to whom much is given, much is expected.

“You must be determined to clamp down on all bad elements in your area of assignment and avoid any tribal, religious and ethnic sentiment, to justify your posting and prove your competence.’’

He also urged the Commandants to ensure the RRS adhere to all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), in line with International Best Practices and to rejuvenate the intelligence gathering capabilities, in order to address the security challenges peculiar to their area of assignment and the nation in general.  

In a related development, the Corps has carried out a comprehensive redeployment of all State Commandants as part of the Commandant General’s effort to re-jig, revamp, rejuvenate, restructure and reposition the organization for better service delivery.   

The Corps helmsman hinted that he had opened a periodic evaluation scorecard for all state Commandants, to measure and assess their performances, warning that anyone found not keying into the mission and vision of the Corps,under his leadership, might be relieved of his command.