THE lawmaker representing lseyin/ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa Federal Constituency in Oyo State at the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, has said the intention of his bill has been “misconstrued” to mean scrapping of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps when it actually seeks to make the Nigeria Police Force absorb the security outfit.

Peller had sponsored the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (Repeal and Transition) Bill 2022, which passed first reading on Tuesday.

The bill seeks to repeal the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (Amendment) Act 2007, establish a transition management committee to superintend over the NSCDC, develop regulations and implement procedures for the transfer of assets and personnel of the corps to the Nigeria Police Force, and other related matters.

The bill had generated mixed feelings from the public.

But making clarification in a statement on Saturday, the lawmaker said, “On Tuesday, February 1, 2022, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (Repeal and Enactment) Bill that I sponsored was read for the first time in the House of Representatives. Expectedly, while some understand and align themselves with the points raised in the bill, some either unknowingly missed the points or deliberately misconstrued the content for reasons best known to them.

“Contrary to what is being falsely spread by some people, the bill is not about scrapping NSCDC but merging the agency with the Nigeria Police Force to achieve better results in policing. The bill does not in any way seek to render people jobless, rather the bill proposes the transfer of assets and personnel of the NSCDC to the Nigeria Police. In other words, assets and personnel will be absorbed by the police; so there won’t be loss of jobs.”

He added, “In conclusion, fragmentation of security resources across multiple competing agencies is counterproductive, coupled with the fact that we have limited resources. What’s the essence of having multiple security agencies with no desirable result when we can harness the resources together to make our Police Force more efficient? This is what the bill seeks to achieve.”

GboyegaD:
Aren't both of them high handed? They can merge them and make them the reformed Nigerian Police Force.

sheymoni:
Too many agencies doing the same thing
Police, NSCDC, Road safety and V. I. O should all be under one body headed by police

Beedude:

Nigeria Police will corrupt them in no time. Those people will start collecting bribe

sheymoni:
Too many agencies doing the same thing
Police, NSCDC, Road safety and V. I. O should all be under one body headed by police

iokpebholo:
Are they not corrupt alreadyGo to Niger Delta and see d monumental corruption thats going on by NSCDC..Ask any oil marketer and listen to what he will tell u......A friend of mine paid as much as 50k just adjust his age on NIN porter by NIMC officers...

rowland545:
I'm still studying this your write up I want to understand but I can't...


How nscdc take jump enter nimc?

delpee:
My only fear is that their work culture is different. NSCDC has been doing a great job especially at the grassroots. Mixing them together may not yield good results. I think that they're better off complementing each other.

BTW why not consider a bill to join HOR and Senate together so we can save some costs?

rowland545:
I'm still studying this your write up I want to understand but I can't...


How nscdc take jump enter nimc?

gulfer:
Useless bill, the NSCDC has a totally different mandate from that of the police, Shina is just trying to be clever by half....