The Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says inter-agency collaboration on election safety stays very sturdy forward of the 2023 normal elections.
The Corps Director of Public Relations, Mr Olusola Odumosu gave the reassurance whereas reacting to considerations raised by INEC on Thursday that insecurity could have an effect on the 2023 elections.
Odumosu stated in an interview with the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that the NSCDC was working with different safety businesses to deal with all threats to the elections.
He stated that the Corps, being a member of the Inter-Company Consultative Committee on Elections Safety, would guarantee the security of residents and that of Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) officers and supplies.
“No single company has the monopoly of technique to beat safety challenges, synergy, and cooperation amongst safety businesses is the one method to obtain nationwide safety,” he added.
Odumosu stated that the NSCDC has been working with the army and different safety and regulation enforcement businesses in that regard.
He stated that with the extent of collaboration “these pockets of threats and safety challenges within the areas INEC have raised considerations can be surmounted earlier than the election yr”.
The NSCDC spokesman added that officers and males of the Corps had been present process strategic coaching, workshops, and conferences towards attaining a profitable election.
“We won’t relent however proceed to attraction to Nigerians, who’re nice individuals with nice aspirations for this nation, to permit the system to work for the betterment of all.
“That is by giving peace an opportunity as a result of no nation can develop or thrive in a state of chaos or insecurity,” Odumosu stated.