Ayeni made the disclosure in Ibadan, while declaring open a three-day training workshop for PGCs in the state. Adebayo Ayeni, Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State, on Tuesday, said Private Guards Companies (PGCs) were not permitted to hire foreigners.
The commandant, who spoke on “Private Guards and Security Aids”, said the law empowered the NSCDC to monitor the activities of PGCs, including their processes of recruiting officers.
“We are to ensure that your officers are properly selected and adequately trained.
“Let me remind you that you are not permitted under the law to recruit foreigners in whatever capacity, more so with the current security challenge in the country.”
The NSCDC boss, however, urged participants to see themselves as grassroots security personnel, who must develop wide surveillance beyond their immediate environments.
“Don’t restrict yourselves to places you are assigned to secure alone, please go ahead and poke-nose into the next building, because whatever goes on there might affect you.
“Once you notice anything strange, you are not to wait a second before you make your report.’’
Abraham Fagbemi, Deputy Commandant and Head of Department of the NSCDC Private Guard Company Unit, told participants that they would be trained on the usage of different security tools and equipment.
“You are to also demand from your employers, tools that can be useful for your self-defence and the defence of other peoples’ lives and property.”
NAN reports that the workshop, which had 140 participants, would close on Thursday
