The leadership of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has announced the appointment of its director of public relations and media, Olusola Odumosu, as commandant of the corps in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Commandant General of the corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, also approved the appointment of Chief Superintendent of Corps Babawale Zaid Afolabi as the new director of public relations to succeed Odumosu.
The was conveyed in a statement signed by the new NSCDC spokesman, Afolabi, quoting Dr Audi as saying that Odumosu’s posting to the FCT was in line with his directive to zonal and states commandants to rejig, revamp, restructure and reposition the corps for more effective service delivery.
To this effect, he directed that both the handing and taking over between the outgoing and incoming commandants should be concluded latest by Tuesday, August 15 .
Commandant Odumosu takes over from Commandant Peter Maigari, who has been nominated and thus proceeding on a strategic course at the National Security Institute for the next one year.
He commended Odumosu for his commitment and display of professionalism in his duty. He extolled the virtues of hard-work, tenacity, dedication and loyalty exhibited by him while working at the national headquarters.
Audi said Odumosu’s tenure as director of public relations of the corps witnessed a lot of innovations that strengthened the corps’ image with a corresponding increase in the level of social acceptability nationwide.
He charged the new spokesman to work hard like his predecessor and consolidate on the legacies set by him in order to raise the bar of performance and transformation of the public relations unit at the NSCDC national headquarters and all formations nationwide.
In his response, Commandant Olusola Odumosu expressed appreciation to the commandant general for counting him worthy of providing leadership for the FCT Command and promised to make him, the corps and Nigerians and the nation at large proud by spearheading the needed changes in the FCT.
