NSCDC licences 1,364 private guard companies in 19 years | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says that the corps has licenced a total of 1,364 Private Guard Companies (PGCs) from 2003 till date.

NSCDC Assistant Commandant General in charge of PGCs, Ferdinand Esiegwu, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.

He said that the guards had played essential roles in guarding facilities, premises, corporate organisations and patrol, monitoring of critical national assets and infrastructure.The ACG said that from Jan. 2022 till date, the corps had also sealed and sanctioned 127 PGCs for various infractions. “We have however, mediated in the areas of non-payment and delayed payment of salaries of guards and such issues were always resolved amicably for the benefit of all parties.“The Corps does not waste time in wielding the big stick wherever and whenever any infraction is perceived, observed or committed,” he said.

 

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