…Commends personnel for excellent performance as Akwa Ibom State hosted President Bola Tinubu

Akwa Ibom State Commandant, Commandant Bashar Kefas Hussaini has charged Divisional Officers to show capacity and justify the confidence reposed in them by executing NSCDC core mandates in their areas of responsibilities.

He made the charge on Monday, 23rd June at the State Command headquarters in Uyo while addressing management staff and Divisional Officers from the 31 LGAs in Akwa Ibom State. 

Comdt Bashar did not mince words when stating that performances from DOs have been below par and thus admonished them to double their efforts, show their capacity and produce results in the areas that constitute the core mandates of NSCDC. 

For emphasis, Commandant Bashar highlighted Critical Infrastructures – power installations, telecommunication installations, oil and gas pipelines etc must constantly be under surveillance, backed by actionable intelligence. He added that PGC operations should be given attention, same as preventive information relating to disasters and how they can be curtailed.

He decried the low level of attention and report on *illegal mining of solid minerals* which seems to be on the increase and charged them to buckle up, move round mining sites and furnish the command with actionable intelligence. 

Drawing from his decades of experience as a veteran Intelligent Officer, he established that intelligence-led security is capable of producing results. He shared tips on how to collect, collate, evaluate, analyse, integrate and interpret collected information from different sources in order to preempt, and counter threat of criminal activities.

Meanwhile, the State Commandant commended officers and men of the Command for excellent outing with regards to the provision of watertight security across the state on Saturday, 21st July 2025 when Vice President, Kashim Shetima alongside the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, APC National Chairman, over a dozen Governors, members of the National Assembly and other dignitaries converged in Akwa Ibom State. 

The event, which took place at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium was successful and hitch free as the command made overwhelming deployment of personnel to man different strategic locations within and around the stadium and other locations in the city. The event which was the reception of the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno formally into the APC attracted over 40,000 crowd and came to a close without any concern.