Initiate Ideas To Curb Insecurity – Speaker To NDC

By Oduyemi Odumade

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Dr. Abbas Tajudeen, has urged the National Defence College, NDC to come up with new ideas that would address the security challenges facing the country.

Dr. Abbas, who decried the loss of lives and property to insecurity in the country, stated that the NDC, as a research-based security institution, should come up with proposals on how best to tackle the challenges.

The Speaker made the call when the Commandant of the college, Rear Admiral Olumuyiwa Morakinyo Olotu, led the management of the NDC on a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja.

The Speaker further asked the NDC to conduct a research on the link between a cashless economy and insecurity.

The Speaker, while congratulating Olotu on his appointment as Commandant of the NDC, expressed confidence in his ability to take the “very important” institution to a higher level.

The Speaker disclosed that the House was aware of the challenges facing the NDC, especially concerning funding and enabling laws.

“I want to assure you that before you came in, we already set the ball rolling to ensure that this time around, under the 10th House of Representatives, your institution will be given legal backing,” he said.

Earlier, Rear Admiral Olotu urged the Speaker to facilitate passage of the bill seeking to change the name of the college.

“One of the assurances we will be seeking later is passage of the bill on renaming of the National War College to National Defence College, because the Act still envisages that it is a National War College whereas the college has become National Defence College over a decade ago,” he said.

The Commandant disclosed that the NDC had graduated a total of 2,758 participants, out of which the Nigerian Army had 1,051.

Olotu also disclosed that the NDC would organise a stakeholders’ roundtable to look at issues around the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States.

Edited By Grace Namiji