Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, Commandant General of the Nigeria Civil Defence Corps giving out a certificate to an official of one of the security outfits
The Commandant General of the Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, NCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has given operational licenses to 29 private security outfits as approved by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.
At a brief ceremony at the Corps national headquarters in Abuja, the CG who charged the new operators to adhere strictly to the law guiding their operations urged them to use their licenses to contribute their quota to maintaining internal security in the country.
He said; “There would be no bearing of fire arms in your operations, it is illegal and criminal and anyone caught violating the law should be ready to face the consequences.
In his remarks, the National President of the Association of Licensed Private Security Practitioners, Mr Wilson Esangbedo WHO state that the private security industry is the highest employer if labour in Nigeria according to the National Bureau of Statistics, charged the recipients to take full advantage of the the expanding private security guards industry to contribute their quota to strengthening the security architecture of the country.
Responding on behalf of the recipients, Chief Benjamin Omale of Black Tigers Security Services Limited appreciated the CG for making the first batch of year 2022 presentation of licenses to private security companies. He pledged that the recipients would leverage on the guidance of the Corps to advance the course of security in the country
