The National Headquarters of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has ordered the reinstatement of personnel attached to Honourable Shina Peller.
The personnel were earlier withdrawn for “an urgent national security assessment”, according to a letter dated February 2, 2022 and signed by DCC Sotiyo Igbalawole E., Head of Department (H.O.D) for Administration, Oyo state Command.
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Neptune Prime reported on Wednesday that the Nigeria’s lawmakers in the Federal House of Representatives had taken the first step by passing the first reading of the bill seeking to scrap the NSCDC.
The bill was sponsored by Hon. Peller, representing lseyin/ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa Federal Constituency in Oyo State.
The lawmaker is proposing that the responsibilities of the NSCDC be taken over by the Nigeria Police Force.
According to him, mandate of the NSCDC “has now become a duplication of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF),” and that such duplication has led to avoidable conflicts between the two agencies.
Peller, who stated that the annual budget of the NSCDC was almost N100 billion, argued that such budget is a “waste of scarce resources”, as “every single function of the NSCDC can be done or is being done by the Nigeria Police Force”
“The assets and personnel of the NSCDC will be absorbed by the Nigeria Police. So, no loss of jobs,” he added.
