He took over from the former Commandant General, Abdullahi Gana, whose extended tenure of six months expired on January 18, 2021 (today)
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According to him, the directive becomes necessary in the event of threats to security of lives and property issued by some unscrupulous persons to disrupt peace during the Yuletide.
The Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana, at the ceremony said the decoration was to enable the concerned corps to use their new ranks.
The Commandant, NSCDC, Lagos State Command, Paul Ayeni, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday that the directive came from the Commandant-General, Abdullahi Gana.
The NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Okeh, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
Abdullahi Gana, Commandant General, NSCDC, disclosed this in a statement by the Corps Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Okeh and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.
Gana spoke on Sunday amid reports that his tenure had been extended for five years by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.
Gana gave the directive in a statement issued by Emmanuel Okeh, the NSCDC’s Public Relation officer on Thursday in Abuja.
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has dismissed one of its personnel, Innocent Oshemi, for allegedly murdering a colleague and a Korean national.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Olusegun Oluwole, said in a statement on Saturday that the management staff, area commanders, divisional officers, officers and men of the corps would be involved in the exercise, which began on Friday.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has revealed that psychological profiling is a new criteria for screening candidates into the Corps during its recruitment exercise.
Abdullahi Gana, the Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, has directed the agency’s Forensic Psychology Unit to work out a timetable for security profiling and psychological test of all personnel.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has called for the peaceful settlement over the alleged killing of the corps personnel by two officers of the Nigeria Police Force.
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has promoted 198 of its personnel engaged in security operations in Nigeria’s North-East.
A statement by Ekunola Gbenga, the Media Assistant to the Commandant-General on Tuesday, said the Corps Disaster Managers would assist victims affected by floods in the affected states.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has warned job seekers to be cautious of fraudsters posing as employers of labour for the corps.
Gana said that about 1,100 of the personnel were selected from Borno and 100 from Yobe and Gombe corps.
A statement signed by NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Okeh, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja, said the Corps had also arrested over 100 suspected vandals of critical infrastructure within the same period.
Gana, represented by the Assistant Commandant-General in charge of Zone C, Bauchi, Hassan Lapai, said this in Bauchi while decorating 32 promoted senior officers from Bauchi Command.
Gana was in Borno on the presidential directives requesting the corps to provide security in public schools in the northeast.