Insecurity: FG approves intelligence equipment, gunboats for NSCDC
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The Federal Government has approved funds for the procurement of intelligence gathering equipment and gunboats for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
The equipment will be deployed in states for surveillance and operations, it was gathered on Friday.
Disclosing this to journalists during the Commandant-General’s Conference at the NSCDC headquarters, Abuja, the NSCDC CG, Dr Ahmed Audi, who declined to disclose the cost of the equipment, said the hardware would further strengthen the agency’s capability to gather intelligence which would be shared with other security outfits to address the insecurity across the country.
With the current wave of insecurity in the country, Audi stressed the need for the corps to upscale and improve its intelligence gathering mechanism and information sharing.
The CG also admonished state commandants to focus attention on intelligence gathering, noting that some of them were not doing enough in this regard.
He said, “We all know the place of credible and actionable intelligence in proactively addressing security threats, hence the need to improve on your performance in the area of prompt and timely submission of intelligence is very imperative.
“To this end, the management is taking measures towards improving the skill and capacity of the corps by collaborating effectively with relevant stakeholders, sister agencies, and relevant government agencies as well as international organisations to assist in training and capacity development of the corps personnel particularly in the area of surveillance and intelligence gathering to further improve on the competencies and proactiveness of the corps personnel.”
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