The
California National Guard, U.S., has offered to train personnel of the
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in peace, security and
emergency response in line with international best practices.
The
Adjutant General of the California National Guard, Maj.-Gen. David
Baldwin, disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to the
Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Abdullahi Muhammadu.
The
corps spokesperson, Emmanuel Okeh, was quoted in a statement on
Thursday in Abuja as saying that the training would be encompassing.
Okeh
quoted Baldwin as assuring the NSCDC of priority attention especially
to the areas of Disaster Management, Peace and Conflict Resolution,
Security, Aviation, Fire prevention, Medical, Training and re-training
of officers.
He
stressed that capacity building was a very critical area of manpower
development and the technological enhancement of security agencies in
combating insecurity in the society.
He
also proposed that some officers of the Corps could be trained in the
U.S in the afore-mentioned areas to become specialists in them.
The Commandant-General briefed the visitor on the history and core mandate of the Corps.
He
said that the NSCDC officials needed more capacity building and
training to tackle issues such as pipeline vandalism, illegal mining and
protection of lives and property.
The
California National Guard officials had earlier visited the Ministry of
Interior and some services under the ministry to strengthen
collaboration.
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