RECRUITMENT: Lawmakers Insist On 10,000 Personnel Into NSCDC

Federal lawmakers in the upper chambers have insisted that the proposed recruitment of 10,000 Nigerians into the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) would go on despite limited funds.

 

Recall that Authorities of the NSCDC had complained that the 2020 budgetary provision for the corps could only accommodate 5,000 new employees as against the 10,000 earlier proposed by the government.

 

Despite its complaint to the National Assembly joint committee on interior, during the corps’ budget defence session held on Monday in Abuja.

 

However, the chairman of the committee, Senator Kassim Shettima, said, “The only way we can come in is to see how we can tinker with their budget to see that 10,000 Nigerians are actually employed.”

 

Shettima, commending the NSCDC, added, “The civil defence complements the efforts of the Nigeria Police Force and other sister security agencies.

 

“I was opportune to govern a state and I can assure you that the civil defence in Borno State is giving the police a run for their money.”

 

According to SaharaReporters, the NSCDC, approval was given by the government to recruit 10,000 Nigerians into the corps but 2.5 million applications were received from young Nigerians.

 

The corps further stated that only 1.5 million of the applicants areeligible for the recruitment to fill the 10,000 slots.

 

Commandant General of the NSCDC, Abdul Gana Mohammed, also confirmed that only 1,000 slots are available for the officers cadre of the recruitment, while the remaining slots are for the rank and file.