Minister Decorates 16 DCGs Across NIS, NSCDC, Others

In a important determination underscoring its committedness to merit-based progression and nationalist information reform, the national authorities has decorated 16 recently appointed lawman comptrollers-general, lawman commandants-general, and lawman controllers-general (DCGs) crossed 4 superior paramilitary services nether the Ministry of Interior.

The 16 decorated officers are drawn from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Federal Fire Service (FFS), and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).

The appointees included six DCGs from the NIS, 3 from the NSCDC, 4 from the NCoS, and 3 from the Federal Fire Service.

The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who presided implicit the decoration, described the juncture arsenic a “watershed moment” successful the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s thrust to reward excellence, competence, and loyalty successful nationalist service.

He said, “Today’s decoration ceremonial is simply a immense one. None of you got this based connected nepotism. You earned it. Your appointments were based strictly connected seniority, competence, and show successful exams marked by autarkic and outer subject examiners.”

He noted that the epoch of stagnation and favouritism successful the promotion strategy has ended, stressing that nether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s leadership, vocation progression has go some predictable and rewarding.

He said, “When we came connected board, stagnation was the bid of the day. Many competent officers retired without ever receiving this benignant of recognition. But today, 80% of the recently decorated elder officers were earlier elevated to Assistant CGs nether this aforesaid administration.”

Reeling retired the government’s strides successful capableness gathering and payment enhancement, the Minister cited improved salaries, the instauration of peculiar allowances, and the support of a ‘salary for life’ argumentation for retired CGs and DCGs arsenic hallmarks of President Tinubu’s welfare-oriented governance.

“Anytime there’s a load connected our paramilitary services, this authorities lifts it. This is not astir campaigning. It’s astir creating a strategy that rewards hard work, encourages innovation, and delivers results.”

Dr Tunji-Ojo further charged the recently decorated officers to warrant the spot reposed successful them, urging them to enactment arsenic catalysts of translation wrong their assorted commands.

“Let’s amusement the satellite Nigerian paramilitary agencies are acceptable for results that our borders are secure. That our correctional facilities are centres of reform. That NSCDC is simply a trusted custodian of captious infrastructure.”

In a wide connection to aspiring officers, the Minister emphasised that promotions would proceed to beryllium earned done performance, not lobbying.

He said, “For those who tendency this rank, don’t lobby me. Work hard and gain it. Share your innovative ideas. Contribute to gathering the benignant of Nigeria we each imagination about.”

He called connected the caller appointees to support subject and practice with their superiors, reminding them that their positions marque them relation models to thousands of inferior officers.

The Minister emphasised that arsenic the national authorities continues its reforms successful the interior sector, the latest circular of promotions and decorations signals not conscionable a reward for excellence, but a renewed propulsion to fortify nationalist information institutions with susceptible leadership.

“With expectations present higher than ever, the onus rests connected each of you, recently promoted DCGs, to construe this designation into real-time results successful argumentation execution, unit motivation, and organization transformation.

“Give your champion to Nigeria. Let the emotion of this state extinguish immoderate occurrence of disloyalty wrong you. You’ve been honoured by your service, don’t disappoint Mr President.”

Earlier, Maj. Gen. A.M. Jibril congratulated the officers and charged them to stay nonrecreational and uphold the halfway values of integrity, discipline, and service.

“You’ve shown dedication to duty. However, greater responsibilities await you. Carry this fertile with dignity and ne'er compromise connected the ideals that got you here,” helium said.