Following the nationwide measures being deployed by governments in the country to contain the spread of Coronavirus, the Commandant General, Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, has directed the immediate deployment of disaster management operatives of the corps across the country.
A statement by Ekunola Gbenga, Media Assistant to the NSCDC Commandant, said Muhammadu met with his management team on Monday and they agreed to liaise with State Commandants across the nation to deploy 9,500 personnel nationwide to contain the spread of COVID 19
Muhammadu said the directive was in compliance with the order of the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.
He said the deployment cuts across the 774 LGs in the country.
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