NSCDC cautions security companies against using unregistered guards

Ahmed Audi, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps’ Commandant General, warned to bring legal action against unlicensed guards as well as the private guards’ firms that employ them on Thursday.

This was said by the NSCDC CG as 44 PGCs received licences in Abuja.

To combat the nation’s growing sense of insecurity, Audi instructed all licenced PGCs to operate in accordance with the necessary standard.

“Thereafter, all guards shall be licenced before deployment, and unlicensed guards shall be arrested, prosecuted, and their employers shall be sanctioned for employing and deploying unlicensed guards,” he stated.

You are receiving your licence today at a time when the current regime is coming to an end and there are some unhappy individuals posing a threat to the stability and tranquilly of the country.

Your first task is to be attentive during this time, notify any suspicious gatherings to the corps, and—most importantly—take damage control measures before receiving an acceptable reaction from government security authorities.

“You are required to submit an intelligence report on a monthly basis, and anyone that is urgently important must be turned in right away because companies will be held accountable for any security breach that takes place in their beats,” the instruction reads.

Audi, though, was upbeat that the businesses would live up to expectations while reiterating that the NSCDC would not be lenient with any business that broke the laws.

“We want to believe that you will maintain the qualities that qualify you for this licence, be of high integrity, and by extension, be good ambassadors of the corps,” the man stated. If you had looked at the procedure, you would have understood that we don’t give in.

We will therefore not be afraid to use the big stick against any corporation whose directors depart from these established criteria.