The Commandant General, CG, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Dr. Ahmed Audi, has condemned the rivalry among security agencies, and called on their chiefs to work towards fostering cooperation among them.
CG Audi made the call while featuring as a panelist during a panel discussion on “Nigeria’s Security And Law Enforcement Agencies, And The Challenges Of Policy And Program Implementation” organized for the participants of senior executive course 43, 2021, at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic studies, NIPSS, Kuru, Jos.
TheFact Nigeria notes that it has been averred on several occasions that unhealthy inter-agency rivalry was a major factor limiting the capacity of Nigeria’s armed forces, a d security agencies to effectively contain the insecurity bedeviling the nation.
The NSCDC Chief emphasized that to overcome the recent quagmire confronting the nation’s security architecture, there is need for all security agencies to come together and work assiduously to achieve a common goal.
He reiterated that role of conflict is a major bane of cohesion among security operatives and also one of the causes of failure to nip in the bud various crisis rocking the country.
“We must not sit down and watch some doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country to put clogs in the wheels of peace and progress of our dear country, Nigeria”, he said.
He further stressed that security agencies need each other to perform creditably in this onerous task of ensuring internal security, therefore, there is need for renewed synergy, cooperation and collaboration to tackle the inherent insecurity challenges because no service has a monopoly of any strategy and “we must go back to the basics and meet at the drawing board to speak with one voice if we must win this asymmetric war”.
According to Audi, “even though there is interdependency, every agency has a clear-cut mandate and we all know our limitations, there is no need for the rift or unhealthy rivalry we are experiencing today which is causing us lots of drawback.
“We should all look at the bigger picture which is national security, in order to put Nigeria back on track and share information and intelligence to solve our security problems”, Audi said.
The Corps helmsman maintained that NSCDC could boast of well over twenty thousand graduates and about forty-seven PhD holders in the Service as at today. He went further to intimate that the Corps personnel have undergone different composition of trainings by virtually all security agencies in the country and this gives it a comparative advantage of versatility and competence to intellectually and strategically collaborate with any agency of government genuinely interested in the growth and development of Nigeria.
He appealed to the Federal Government and the National Assembly to come up with a robust policy that will create an enabling environment for security operatives to function effectively, lessen their burdens and improve their welfare as this will serve as a catalyst for the operatives to put in their best and perform effectively.
