By Our Correspondent
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) has withdrawn its personnel attached to Hon. Shina Peller, the lawmaker representing lseyin/ ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa Federal Constituency in Oyo State at the House of Representatives.
The withdrawal which some people deemed as a pay back for Hon. Peller or a tit for tat, followed a Bill by the lawmaker proposing to scrap the Corps and merge it with the Nigeria Police Force.
It was reports that Hon. Peller proposed the bill to the House through the National Security And Civil Defence Corps (Repeal and Transition) Bill 2022, which passed the first reading yesterday.
The bill seeks to repeal the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (Amendment) Act 2007, establish a transition management committee to superintend over the NSCDC, develop regulations and implement procedures for the transfer of assets and personnel of the corps to the Nigeria Police Force, and other related matters.
But in a letter to the lawmaker dated February 2, 2022, by the Head of Administration, Oyo State Command, Sotito Igbalawole, the Corps claimed that the withdrawal of the men was necessitated by “the urgent national need.”
The letter with reference number, NSCDC/OY/173/VOL.III/196, titled, ‘withdrawal of personnel,’ read, “Following the directive of the Commandant General on the necessity of the deployment of the command personnel for an urgent national security assignment; on behalf of the state commandant, I hereby withdraw all personnel attached to you.
“This is to meet up with the urgent national need. All inconvenience this might cause is highly regretted.”
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