U.S National Guard to train agency's personnel
The Adjutant General of the California National Guard disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to the NSCDC commandant.
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The Adjutant General of the California National Guard, Maj.-Gen. David Baldwin, disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Abdullahi Muhammadu.
The NSCDC spokesperson, Emmanuel Okeh, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
Baldwin assured the NSCDC of priority attention especially to the areas of Disaster Management, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Security, Aviation, Fire prevention, Medical, Training and re-training of officers.
He stressed that capacity building was a very critical area of manpower development and the technological enhancement of security agencies in combating insecurity in the society.He also proposed that some officers of the Corps could be trained in the U.S in the afore-mentioned areas to become specialists in them.
The Commandant-General briefed the visitor on the history and core mandate of the Corps.
He said that the NSCDC officials needed more capacity building and training to tackle issues such as pipeline vandalism, illegal mining and protection of lives and property.
The California National Guard officials had earlier visited the Ministry of Interior and some services under the ministry to strengthen collaboration.
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