Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has solicited for the collaboration of various communities in Cross River to enhance protection of critical infrastructure in the state.
Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Mr Samuel Fadeyi, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Calabar that protection of critical national infrastructure should be collective efforts of all stakeholders.
Fadeyi said that the corps was planning to sensitise traditional rulers, youths and women groups in communities across the state so as to ensure synergy in the protection of the infrastructure.
“We want the youth to be part of the security architecture for the infrastructure. We want to get them involved so that they can form part of our intelligence, as regard transformer protection in their localities.
“Their duty will be to give us timely information that will enable us act swiftly within a specific response time,” he said.
Fadeyi said that the command was also working closely with Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company in Calabar to safeguard its transformers from vandals.
On the current fuel scarcity in the state, the commandant said that the corps had dispatched some personnel to strategic places to ensure that no petrol tanker was diverted.
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“There are limited petroleum products out there. We are coming hard on those hoarding them from members of the public.
“Petrol is still being subsidised, and what that means is that citizens should have the product at the regulated price,” he said.
