Determined to ensure the transformation of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps through human capital development, its Commandant General, Dr Ahmed Audi, has restated his commitment to sustain the existing partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stitfung, KAS.

He also promised to promote good working relationship and a conducive environment for the partnership to thrive.

The Commandant General who stated this while playing host to the new Sub-saharan Africa Desk Officer of KAS, Julia Sander, described KAS as a viable partner in training and retraining of officers and men of the Corps in different areas of its mandates.

He attested that on his part, he has attended more than ten trainings and workshops organised by the organisation while growing in the service, not to mention the numbers of personnel nationwide who have benefitted immensely from their programs.

Audi appreciated the international body for the numerous training programs organised for the Corps in peace and conflict resolution, mediation skills, training for NSCDC instructors and the donation of ICT equipment to the college of security management, Abeokuta.

According to him, KAS has equally assisted in creating a platform for collaboration and synergy amongst security agencies in Nigeria through inter service training and workshops which is intended to address current security challenges such as terrorism, kidnapping, banditry, facing the country.

The Corps helmsman, said his leadership understood the importance of training in the growth and development of any organisation, hence, the reason for currently investing more in manpower development of personnel through infrastructural upgrade of all Civil Defence training academies nationwide and setting up of a high powered ministerial committee to develop a standard curriculum for the service to bring out the best in the staff.

Speaking on the purpose of her visit to NSCDC National Headquarters, Abuja, Julia Sanders, explained that as the new Sub-saharan Africa Desk Officer of KAS, there is need to familiarise with various partners such as NSCDC to get more insights on the Corps activities with a view to strategically plan for more future collaborations and engagements.

She further appreciated NSCDC for living up to its responsibilities through its immense contribution to security of citizens and protection of critical national assets and infrastructure of government and commended the Commandant General for creating a conducive environment for the partnership between the Corps and KAS.

Sanders reassured that more training programs is in the pipeline to compliment the previously held ones in the South-South, North-East and North-West among other locations, stressing she hopes the partnership would be sustained.

Also, the Country Representative of KAS, Dr Vladimier Kreck, who has worked very closely with the Corps, commended NSCDC for its discipline and forthrightness so far exhibited within the period he has worked with the Corps and encouraged the corps Chief not to relent in his drive to take the service to a whole new level.

This is contained in a statement made available by NSCDC Director of Public Relations, DCC Olusola Odumosu.