The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Muhammadu Gana has requested for additional 10,000 personnel to be recruited into the service.
According to a statement from the corps spokesman Emmanuel Okeh, Gana made the remark after the decoration of 10 senior officers promoted from the rank of Commandant to Assistant Commandant General at the Civil Defence Academy, Abuja.
Gana explained that the additional personnel is “in order to meet up with the demands from different Ministries, Department and Agencies of government seeking for deployment of the Corps personnel.”
The CG clarified that the promotion of the officers was purely on merit, therefore they must justify the confidence given to them.