Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has issued operational licenses to 93 Private Guard Companies (PGCs) in 202 to strengthen national security.
The NSCDC Commandant General (CG), Ahmed Audi, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the Corps Headquarters, yesterday, in Abuja.
Audi said that from the total number of 1,412 PGCs registered by the Corps, 92 were sealed across the country due to several operational violations but 24 of the defaulting PGCs later unsealed in the year under review.
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“After the sealing, they were instructed to comply and rectify the reasons for which they were sanctioned and after satisfying some conditions stipulated by law, we unsealed 24,” he said.
According to him, licensing, supervising, training, and monitoring PC operations are one of NSCDC’s major mandates that the Corps has been able to carve out.
Audi said: “We have removed quackery in the profession and now have servicemen, including those from the intelligence security community, who have now joined the industry to make it more professional and robust,”
