BREAKING: NSCDC Boss Withdraws All Personnel Attached To APC Party Lawmaker, Shina Peller
All officers assigned to Shina Peller, the legislator representing the lseyin/ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa Federal Constituency in Oyo State in the House of Representatives, have been withdrawn by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant-General, Ahmed Audi.
Audi issued the directive in a letter to the legislator dated February 2, 2021.
“Following the directive of the Commandant General on the necessity of the deployment of the Command personnel for an urgent National security assignment,” the letter obtained by SaharaReporters read.
“On behalf of the State Commandant, I hereby withdraw the personnel attached to you, this is to meet up with the urgent National need.”
The officers were pulled for an urgent “national security assignment,” according to the Commandant-General, but sources informed SaharaReporters that the decision was in response to a bill proposed by the politician that sought to abolish the security agency.
The Olusegun Obasanjo administration turned the NSCDC, which was a voluntary organization, into a national security organization.
Peller suggested that the Nigeria Police Force take over the NSCDC’s tasks in the bill that passed first reading on Tuesday.
The bill is titled “National Security And Civil Defence Corps (Repeal and Transition) Bill 2022”.
It seeks to repeal the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (Amendment) Act 2007, establish a transition management committee to superintend over the NSCDC, develop regulations and implement procedures for the transfer of assets and personnel of the corps to the Nigeria Police Force, and other related matters.
In the bill, Peller noted that “fragmentation of security resources across multiple competing agencies is counterproductive.”
The lawmakers also noted that the mandate of the NSCDC “has now become a duplication of the Nigeria Police Force,” adding, “this has led to avoidable conflicts.”
Peller stated, “Every single function of the NSCDC can be done or is being done by the Nigeria Police Force,” while citing “waste of scarce resources,” stressing that the annual budget of the NSCDC is almost N100bn.
“The assets and personnel of the NSCDC will be absorbed by the Nigeria Police. So, no loss of jobs.”
