AN offer of automatic employment has been made by the federal government to each of the families of the seven Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) officers who were killed in the line of duty.
,The interior minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made this announcement today while paying a condolence visit to the families of the personnel who died.
Members of the Corps were ambushed by bandits, in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, earlier in January, during which seven of them died.
They have since been given a state burial in a ceremony in Kaduna.
According to a statement by the NSCDC’s spokesman, Olusola Odumosu, the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, relayed the Minister’s message to the families of the deceased servicemen during the condolence meeting.
“This is a service that has its personnel in mind. It is my vision to champion the course of promoting personnel’s welfare in the Corps.
“The minister has approved one slot each for you to replace your husbands.
” I have also directed the Kaduna State Commandant, Idris Yahaya, to liaise with you on getting your details across to us in Abuja,” he said.
The Corps helmsman hinted that he had initiated the process of payment of death benefits and other entitlements to the affected officers through the office of the Minister of Interior to ameliorate the pains of those they left behind.
He added, “the Minister sent his condolences, and directed me to inform you, that he is with you on this journey and would ensure that FG continues to support the Corps at all times.”
,He then gave checks of an undisclosed amount to the relatives of the seven fallen heroes, as a sign of solidarity until their accrued benefits were paid.
The CG also announced the promotion of SCA Thomas Hassan, the only survivor of the attack, to Inspector of Corps (IC) from Senior Corps Assistant (SCA), and bestowed him with his new rank right away.
He also tasked him with passing on to others the manoeuvring techniques he used to survive such a dangerous attack in order to reduce casualties in the event of future encounters of a similar nature.
