The Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, has said personnel will no longer be promoted without undergoing career progression courses.
Audi said this on Monday in Abuja at the commencement of a five-day training for selected personnel on enhancing development through optimized and harmonized curriculum.
He said that from 2024, career progression courses would be the criteria for the promotion of officers and men of the Corps.
He stated, “If you fail three times you will be withdrawn from the service and this is to take effect from next year. It is to instill discipline and focus as you must conduct yourselves according to the rule of law, which involves obeying rules and regulations of the service.”
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According to the News Agency of Nigeria, he noted that the training would include measures to combat the current insecurity in the country.
He added, “This workshop is apt, germane and central to the development of this service, and we all know training brings about productivity in service. Discipline starts from training so we must leverage this to inculcate discipline in personnel.”
The NSCDC boss said the curriculum of NSCDC’s training schools had been standardised to foster efficiency in operations. He therefore advised the personnel to concentrate on the training and share what they learnt with others in their commands.
A representative of Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung in Nigeria, Mrs Marija Peran, said the training was in line with the priorities set out by the government.
She said the workshop involved pre-testing of the recently enhanced curricular on optimisation and harmonisation for administrators, training institutions and colleges, noting that the NSCDC was the first to test the manuals developed over the years.
She added, “The manuals differ from agency to agency but the area of focus in this curriculum is a common ground for all agencies. In your state command, guide colleagues on this curriculum’s five subject matters that you will be taught as this is why you are participants of this training.”
According to her, the training shows the willingness of the NSCDC to promote inter-agency cooperation and general security improvement in the country.
“No security agency can do this alone, so it is important to utilise the existing synergies between security agencies. The security challenges in the country are complex so there is the need to work together, better and find ways to have more impact in working together,” she added.
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