No fewer than 262 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC, have been trained on weapon handling with a charge on them to uphold the ideals of the Corps.
The Kogi State NSCDC Public Relations Officer, DSC Aliyu Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday while quoting the State Commandant, Esther Akinlade, noted that the officers were encouraged to demonstrate a high sense of humour, discipline, and professionalism in their service to the nation after successfully round up the range classification exercise.
According to the statement, “The Commandant noted that it becomes imperative for Officers and men to acquaint themselves with the latest skills in weapon handling following the trends of attacks on Security Personnel, Security formations, Critical National Assets and Infrastructures, etc, thus the need for training and retraining of personnel on weapon handling become essential and vital
The Commandant asserted that the personnel had undergone rigorous and intensive training for the period of 6 weeks after satisfying the basic forensic and medical requirements before finally embarking on the shooting range classification.
Akinlade stressed the need for professionalism and strict adherence to the acceptable standard of operation of the Corps and warned thoroughly against any act of misuse or conduct that negates the ethics of firearms.
She reiterated that the essence of the exercises was to bring about maximum and better productivity to meet up with the taste of time as the whole nation is putting more hope on NSCDC sequel to the policies and strategies put in place by the Commandant General Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi.
Akinlade appreciated the Commander, 12 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Brig General Sidi, including other security agencies for their unflinching support towards making the exercise a success.
She added that the officers of the command were rigorously drilled in conformity to arms training both on G3 rifle and the AK-47 rifle.