Rep sponsors bill seeking to scrap, NSCDC, merge with police
Rep Shina Peller, the lawmaker representing lseyin/ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa Federal Constituency in Oyo State, has proposed a bill seeking to scrap the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and merge it with the police.
Peller, in his bill titled the “National Security And Civil Defence Corps (Repeal and Transition) Bill 2022″, argued that the responsibilities of the NSCDC be taken over by the Nigeria Police Force.
According to the lawmaker, expending security resources across multiple competing agencies is counterproductive.
Peller submitted that the mandate of the NSCDC had become a duplication of the Nigeria Police Force, adding that such duplication has led to avoidable conflicts between the two agencies.
“The annual budget of the NSCDC is almost N100bn, and such budget is a waste of scarce resources, as every single function of the NSCDC can be done or is being done by the Nigeria Police Force.
“The assets and personnel of the NSCDC will be absorbed by the Nigeria Police. So, no loss of jobs,” the lawmaker argued.
Periscope International reports that the bill has passed its first reading at the Federal House of Representatives.
