NSCDC Warns Against Unlicensed Private Security Guards

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
(NSCDC) has urged Nigerians in need of licenced
private security guards to consult it.
Mr Agboola Sunday, Head, NSCDC Licencing Unit
for Private Guard Companies, who gave the
advice in Abuja said, channelling requests
through the Corps would guarantee engagement
of genuine guards devoid of questionable
characters.
He, however, said that failure to do so would
amount to falling into the hands of unlicensed
guards who engage in sharp practices because
their activities are not monitored by the
concerned authority.
He said that the NSCDC was charged with the
responsibility to licence private security
companies, and to ensure that the companies’
licences are current, and they are diligent in
their services.
Sunday said in a bid to sanitise the system, the
NSCDC had toured the states of the federation
to monitor the activities of guards companies
and fish out unlicensed ones.
He said that the corps was able to close more
than 300 unlicensed private security companies
recently.
“I advice members of the public who have need
to protect their lives and property to engage
private security guards whose licences are
current.
“And if they want to employ anybody to do the
job for them they can write to us so that we can
give them companies that are up to dates,’’ he
said.
Sunday classified licencing of private security
companies into categories `A’ and `B’, adding
that companies with 500 staff and more fall
under `A’, while those with 500 employees and
below falls under `B`.
He said that licence fee for category `A’ is one
million Naira, while that of  `B’ is N800,000,
while both are subject to annual renewal
charges of N200,000 and N100,000 respectively.