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NSCDC Collaborate With Police To Strengthen Security In FCT
NSCDC Collaborate With Police To Strengthen Security In FCT
NSCDC collaborate with police to strengthen security in FCT. The CP reiterated that security was an enormous tasK.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Nigeria Police Force, FCT command, are collaborating to strengthen security in the territory by strategising and deploying additional personnel, including tactical teams, to affected areas.
The two security agencies made this known when the FCT Commissioner of Police (CP), Ajao Adewale, visited the FCT NSCDC commandant, Olusola Odumosu, at the command’s headquarters.
Mr Odumosu said that as much as the FCT seemed relatively peaceful at the moment, there was a need to ensure appropriate security measures were in place.
“We need to continue to forge ahead and come to the table at all times, interfere where necessary and ensure that we move FCT to another level where people can go about their normal businesses without fear of any criminal attack,” the commandant said.
According to him, the visit symbolised the continuity of an already existing relationship between both security agencies of government.
“Seeing you today has given me some sort of joy and confidence that there is hope for the security community and very bad days for the criminals,” he said.
The commandant said that the best way forward in ensuring heightened security in the FCT was to collaborate by avoiding any form of bickering or unhealthy rivalry that would slow down the fight against insecurity.
“Why should we be fighting each other because of maybe role confusion or the likes ? there is no room and there is no reason for inter-agency rivalry.
“We are all one and the same, so whether at the upper or lower echelon we should see each other as one because the only difference between us is the uniform we put on.
“So if we can begin to see each other from that point of view, I want to believe that we will have a seamless operation and success against these criminals,” he said.
Earlier in his remarks, the CP reiterated that security was an enormous task as he advocated for multi-agency collaboration to attain positive results.
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“The reward for good work is more work, hence the need for enhanced collaboration between both organisations and to sign a way forward to ensure proper protection of the territory,” Mr Adewale said.
He said that insecurity was a global phenomenon that has however been escalated in Nigeria.
“Some countries have a way of managing it better by under-reporting it, in order not to demarcate their economy, unfortunately, Nigeria is a country where we love to escalate everything and anything.
“As long as security agencies collaborate sufficiently, these criminals will have their feel,” he said.
Mr Adewale said that the importance of eradicating inter-agency rivalry cannot be overemphasised, adding that security organisations are to complement each other.
“When we take discipline as a religion, I think there will be no friction and when we have less friction, there will be less crime.
“I think Abuja is calm now but we need to sustain the calmness by managing and mitigating the situation through developing new strategies to nip crimes in the bud.
“This synergy must continue and I pray we give all it takes to ensure that the collaboration continues,” he prayed.
FCTA Confirms Antivenom Stock, Warns Negligent Hospitals, Gives Emergency Lines
FCTA confirms antivenom stock, warns negligent hospitals, gives emergency lines. The FCTA said all public hFCTA confirms antivenom stock, warns negligent hospitals, gives emergency linesospitals have sufficient antivenom after singer Ifunanya Nwangene’s death at FMC Jabi. Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe warned facilities to follow protocols or face sanctions, stressing that early treatment is critical.
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The territory has added 12 ambulances, improved ICUs, and centralized antivenom storage.
Residents are urged to use emergency lines 090157892931 or 090157892932.
FCT Police Warn NLC Against Planned Abuja Protest, Say Proscribed Groups Plot To Hijack
FCT Police warn NLC against planned Abuja protest, say proscribed groups plot to hijack. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against its planned protest scheduled for Tuesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The NLC leadership had fixed February 3 for a solidarity rally along with members of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria and the Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC) at the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) secretariat in Garki Area 11.
The NLC declared that the rally is to publicly affirm that “an injury to one is an injury to all”, adding that the Nigerian labour movement will not abandon its members.
On January 24, the labour body declared support for the indefinite strike by workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), describing the action as “necessary and heroic” in response to alleged violation of workers’ rights.
In a statement, Joe Ajaero, NLC president, said the labour union stood “in very strong solidarity” with FCTA workers under the aegis of JUAC.
Ajaero described the strike as “a necessary and heroic response to a vicious cocktail of neoliberal attacks, gross administrative impunity, and a systematic violation of the fundamental rights of workers by the FCTA management and its political leadership”.
However, in a statement on Monday, Josephine Adeh, FCT police spokesperson, said the command respects the constitutional right to peaceful assembly, but noted that intelligence reports indicate “plans by proscribed groups and other non-state actors to infiltrate and hijack the protest, posing a risk to public peace and safety”.
Adeh said in the interest of public safety, the organisers should consider rescheduling the protest to prevent any breakdown of law and order and to protect lives, property, and the rights of other residents.
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“The Command remains committed to safeguarding all lawful activities and urges residents to continue cooperating with security agencies to keep the FCT peaceful and secure,” the statement reads.
Meanwhile, the national industrial court has reportedly issued an interim order restraining the NLC, TUC and JUAC from embarking on the planned protest.
The court had earlier ordered workers on the payroll of the FCT administration to suspend the strike.
Emmanuel Subilim, the presiding judge, held that although the matter before the court amounted to a trade dispute, the defendants’ right to embark on industrial action was not absolute.
Akwa Ibom Indigenes Protest RMAFC Meeting, Warn Against Tampering With State’s Oil Wells
Akwa Ibom indigenes protest RMAFC meeting, warn against tampering with State’s Oil Wells. Akwa Ibom indigenes resident in Abuja on Tuesday stormed the venue of a meeting of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), where the Inter-Agency Technical Committee (IATC) on Disputed/New Oil Wells was sitting, to protest what they described as attempts to reopen a matter already settled by the Supreme Court.
The protesters cautioned that no individual or agency should tamper with Akwa Ibom State’s 76 oil wells, stressing that the ownership of the wells was conclusively determined in favour of the state by the Supreme Court in 2012.
They insisted that any move to revisit the issue through administrative or technical processes would amount to a disregard for the authority of the apex court and could undermine peace in the Niger Delta region.
Akwa Ibom State was formally represented at the IATC meeting by a high-powered delegation comprising leading legal practitioners, government officials and technocrats. Members of the delegation included Paul Usoro, SAN; Assam Assam, SAN; the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Uko Udom, SAN; Uwemedimo Nwoko, SAN; Emmanuel Enoidem, SAN; and a former Attorney-General of Akwa Ibom State.
Akwa Ibom Indigenes Protest RMAFC Meeting
Also on the state’s delegation were the Commissioner for Finance, Mr Emem Bob, Former Attorney General and Commissioner Justice, Barr. Ekpenyong Ntekim; the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Aniekan Umanah; Honourable Member representing Ikot Ekpene Federal Constituency, Dr Patrick Umoh, among others.
The delegation is expected to present Akwa Ibom State’s position before the committee, reiterating that the Supreme Court judgment remains final and binding, and urging all relevant federal agencies to respect and uphold the ruling.
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