A bill to scrap NSCDC, which is the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, has passed its first reading at the Federal House of Representatives.
The bill to scrap NSCDC which was presented on Tuesday, by the lawmaker representing lseyin/ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa Federal Constituency in Oyo State, Shina Peller proposes that responsibilities of the NSCDC be taken over by the Nigeria Police Force.
Peller, in his bill to scrap NSCDC titled the “National Security And Civil Defence Corps (Repeal and Transition) Bill 2022″, argued that expending security resources across multiple competing agencies is counterproductive.
The lawmakers also noted that the mandate of the NSCDC “has now become a duplication of the Nigeria Police Force,” adding that such duplication has led to avoidable conflicts between the two agencies.
Peller, who stated that annual budget of the NSCDC was almost N100bn, argued that 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,” he added.