“We have made more officers and men operational in Lagos State Command, to guarantee security for the population, Keshinro says.

The International Civil Defence Day Celebration, an annual global event, often set aside by the International Civil Defence Organization ( ICDO ), to raise awareness of Civil Defence strategies and the protection of people, comes up today, Saturday, 1st March, 2025.

In line with the directive of the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ), Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, mni, OFR, to commemorate the Day, with speeches that reflect the celebration’s theme; “Civil Defence, guarantee of security for the population,” the Lagos State Command ensures that activities put up, to commemorate the event essentially and keenly, focuses on guaranteeing the security of the entire population of the state.

The Lagos State Commandant, Mr Adedotun Keshinro in his address to personnel, today, Saturday, reflects, on the rising urgent need to inform the officers and men of the command and news men that the Day highlights the importance of Civil Defence measures in protecting people and their property from accidents, natural disasters and other crises that may pose security threats especially, as it concerns us in the state.

The Lagos State Commandant, Mr Keshinro said, “Some of the Measures that are already put in place are both non – kinetic, kinetic and all government and multistakeholders – driven approach, in a bid to guarantee adequate security for the entire people of the state. Non – kinetic approach of the Command includes the use of communication, social interactions and engagements with stakeholders either via technology or physical psychological re – orientation of the populace in volatile places such as Ikorodu, Mushin and Amuwo, Ibeju, Epe and many others places that have been identified by our research and survey team . The use of the non kinetic approach will defeat and destabilize the criminal elements in the state faster, without the deployment of lethal and physical forces and it will also help to deescalate intending or pressing dangers.”

“The Kinetic approach, however, underscores the deployment of lethal weapons, operational materials and traditional methods of protecting the citizens from crises, averting accidents, protecting property, and mitigating the effects of disasters, when they eventually, occur, amidst others as the cases may be. The criminal elements should not be allowed, to take advantage of the good people of the state anymore and this is a resolve that every serving personnel of the command must agree with in order to ensure that the entire population can sleep with their two eyes closed, without fear of intimidation or harassments by unscrupulous elements,” Keshinro said.

The Lagos State Commandant when asked, what exactly he has done about the issue of operational deployments to reflect the theme of the Day? He replies by saying that we have made more personnel of the command operational, to enhance our human resources on the field, where these bad things happen. He further says that he has trained and retrained, personnel on the field; protecting our Agro allied industry, Airports, Oil pipelines, General hospitals, Railway, Power and Telecommunication installations in various intra and interagency workshops, seminars and symposia covering various courses and simulations that will further help then to deliver on the mandate of the Corps.

The Head of Departments and Units respectively, in charge of Intelligence and Investigation, Critical National Assets and Infrastructure ( CNAI ), Counter Terrorism ( CTU ), Operations ( Ops), Crisis and Disaster Management, Anti – Vandal, Agro Rangers, Airport, Armed, Squad, Crack Squad, Quick Intervention Squad ( QIS ), Special Female Squad ( SFS ), just to mention a few are also being charged, to renew their efforts in the coming days, weeks and months in a view to ensure that there is no break down of law and order in the state.

Also Area Commanders and Divisional Offices are now, repositioned and directed, to ensure that they enhance much more collaboration with other sister security agencies, community stakeholders such as; Traditional rulers, Religious clerics, Market women, Associations and Bodies, Youths and Students’ organizations, Trade Unions in the state, just to mention a few, as this remain one of the major ways for us to avoid social conundrums in the state .