A non-profit organization, Pega and Friends Foundation, has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari on the appointment of new Deputy Commandants General (DCGs) of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
The Foundation made the commendation in a press release signed by its Director, Prince Ekunola Gbenga Abraham.
Founded in 2010 by Prince Ekunola Gbenga Abraham the Foundation has a reputation for bringing together great people of like mind with the aim of channeling all available resources to help less privileged persons in society.
The statement said President Buhari’s actions have shown that he is a responsive leader who listens to the yearnings of the Nigerians, moreso, their appointment is coming at a time when Nigerians are expressing so much concern about high level of insecurity.
The message reads in part: Your appointment as the Deputy Commandants General of NSCDC by the commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, is a clear manifestation of decades of your meritorious service to the Corps and our great nation.
“We at PEGA & Friends Foundation are indeed very proud of you and have a firm belief that your years of experience and expertise will bring about the much-desired change in the Nigerian security architecture.
“We sincerely wish that you will harness your experiences from previous offices, at home and abroad, with dexterity to curb crime in all form, ensure peace in the entire country, protection, crisis resolution and security to public infrastructures, and related matters and once again propound the policing principles that will lead Nigerians to believe that Corps, is ready to correct the hiatuses in security of the nation.
“We are aware of your passion for justice and truth. We are also aware that you have made considerable deposit into the bank of trust among the rank and file of officers and men of the Corps and we pray that these and other outstanding qualities of yours should come to bear as a guiding light in the discharge of this Herculean and crucial national assignment.
“PEGA & Friends Foundation wishes you a successful term in office while we are confident that the Corps under the able leadership of the Commandant General Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, will effectively complement other security structures in winning the war against all security challenges confronting our great nation Nigeria”.
It will be recalled that the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola recently decorated five Deputy Commandant General including: DCG Nnamdi Ikechukwu Nwinyi, DCG Bassey O. Bassey, DCG Zakari Ibrahim Ningi, fdc, DCG Cladius Yakubu and DCG Dauda Danladi Mungadi.
In an another development, the foundation’s latest humanitarian works were done across the nation which include: St Michael African Church Primary School, Ota Ogun State, Ojundaye Primary School Evbolekpen, Edo State and other locations, where the Foundation in its tradition under the leadership of Prince Gbenga Ekunola, the foundation members in their hundreds moved into the school compounds, where materials of different kind and educational materials were shared, to mark this year’s children’s day.
The Foundation Director, the statement said advised the pupils to always listen to their parent’s advice and not to associate themselves with bad gang, educating hem on kidnappers’ strategies and how to avoid falling victims.