The Minister of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammed Musa Bello has given a matching order to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), to deal with vandals of public facilities in the territory.
The Minister gave this order in Abuja while commissioning a sixty unit of high-tech Hilux vehicle procured for security agencies in the territory.
The Minister also declared five hundred million naira for the six area councils, for the commencement of community Policing in the territory.
The Minister who frowned at the level of vandalism on bridge railings, manholes, Solar panels of some of traffic light and road intersection among other facilities noted directed the commandant General of the NSCDC, Dr. Abubakar Audi represented by Deputy Commandant General in charge of Disaster and crises management, Dr. Nnamdi Niwinyi, to also scrutinize the activities of scavengers, whose activities have become inimical to the present security architecture of the territory.
The Minister charged the Commandant General to also monitor the FCT commandant, in making good use of the vehicles given to the civil defense.
Bello who admonished all security agencies in the territory to live up to the expectations assured the residents of improved security with the provision of the sixty unit vehicles, adding that the contractor that supplied the vehicles have been paid to service the vehicles for thirty-six months.
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He charged each command to hold it as a duty to periodically service the vehicles.
Reacting to the gesture of the FCT Administration, Commandant General of the NSCDC, while thanking the administration assured the residents of better and improved security in Abuja.
He equally warned the criminal minded individual and vandals to consider an end to their free days.
He solicited support of the citizens to deliver a secured federal capital territory.
Agencies that benefited from the vehicles include Nigeria Police, The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Correction Services, the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, the Nigerian Air Force, the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC. Also the religious bodies which formed parts of FCT security Community.
