NSCDC CG Tasks Female Squad On Intelligence Report To Protect Schools

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi has charged the Special Female Squad to redouble efforts in gathering actionable Intelligence to forestall any form of attack against Institutions and Schools across the federation.

He gave the charge in Abuja during the third anniversary of the Special Female Squad.

According to the Commandant General, the creation of the Special Female Squad was one of the robust approaches put in place to tackle the overwhelming challenges of kidnapping and abduction of school children and their Teachers.

Dr Audi noted that women have great passion for their children, and this informed the resilience and zest put in place by the Special Female Squad since its formation.

“When we came on board, it was needful to develop a robust scheme capable of tackling the emerging threats against the educational sector. From the feasibility study and field survey carried out, we discovered that many schools in the federation were without perimeter fencing, security guards or mechanisms to forestall attacks and are thus vulnerable”.

“The Corps later took a pragmatic approach to commission an all Female Squad which was saddled with the responsibility of protecting both the Students, Teachers and School environment from possible attacks”.

He said that the Special Female Squad which was further commissioned in all the 36 States of the Federation and FCT has foiled over 48 kidnap attempts and attacks against Students and Teachers across board.

“Several organizations and establishments have commended the tactfullness of the SFS as they engage in Training and Sensitization Programs on Personal Security and Protection Techniques across Schools; they have also extended their activities by reaching out to the less privileged, visiting the Pediatric Ward, Postnatal ward, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Male and Female Ward to provide moral and logistics support”.

“In light of the above, as the Corps marks the 3rd Anniversary of Commissioning of the Special Female Squad across the nation I charge the officers and men to be more focused, diligent and well-determined to end Insecurity in schools even as you partner and collaborate with other security agencies in the service to the nation.

As a means of giving back to society, the Special Female Squad distributed relief materials to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, Wuse General Hospital, National Hospital, Garki General Hospital, Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council Secondary School Sheda in Kwali Abuja and Gado Nasko Primary School Garki, Abuja.

Nkiru Njemanze, Edited By Grace Namiji