• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
  • E-Book
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
  • E-Book
Home Security Nasarawa: NAF, FRSC Deploy Special Forces, Ambulances
  • Security

Nasarawa: NAF, FRSC Deploy Special Forces, Ambulances

By
Bisi Kazeem, Ibikunle Daramola
-
May 17, 2020
NAF Helicopter MI-35P
NAF Helicopter MI-35P

Nasarawa: NAF, FRSC Deploy Special Forces, Ambulances

Internal Security: NAF Deploys Special Forces to Nasarawa State
In its bid to add impetus to ongoing operations in the North Central Zone of the Country, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today, 17 May 2020, deployed additional Special Forces (SF) operatives to Lafia in Nasarawa State.

The deployment of the SF elements follows the earlier deployment of a NAF Mi-35P Helicopter Gunship to conduct operations in the area and also marks the formal activation of the 22 Quick Response Wing (22 QRW) Lafia. The objective of the deployment is to hasten the restoration of peace and security to the North Central Zone.

In his address to the troops during the deployment, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who was represented by the Air Officer Commanding Special Operations Command (AOC SOC), Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Charles Ohwo, stated that the deployment was aimed at enhancing the existing security architecture in the area. He noted that the 22 QRW was established in 2018 with the objective of bringing security closer to the people by curbing the activities of bandits, kidnappers, cattle rustlers and other criminal elements in Nasarawa State and its environs, working in synergy with sister Services and other security agencies. He noted however that the Unit could not fully commence operations at that time due to some logistics and manpower constraints, which, he said, had recently been overcome in 2 ways. The first, the AOC disclosed, was the recent graduation of additional 94 SF personnel at the NAF Regiment Training Centre (RTC) Annex in Bauchi, while the second was the support provided by the Nasarawa State Government; which paved way for the deployment of the SF elements and their equipment. He therefore used the opportunity to thank the Governor and his entire cabinet for their unrelenting support towards ensuring that security agencies in the State succeed in performing their constitutionally assigned roles. AVM Ohwo also used the opportunity to congratulate the troops for being chosen as part of SF personnel to activate the 22 QRW Lafia. He charged them to continue to uphold the NAF’s core values of ‘Integrity’, ‘Service before Self’ and ‘Excellence’, as they carry out their assigned tasks.

Read Also:

  • Tinubu Grants Clemency to Selected Convicts, Transfers Mercy Committee to Justice Ministry
  • ICPC, PenCom Partner to Curb Pension Fraud Nationwide
  • List of Nigeria’s Naval Chiefs Since Independence to the Present Day

In his remarks, the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, Engineer Abdulahi Sule, who was present to receive the troops, expressed appreciation for the swift response by the NAF to deploy SF elements to the State which, he said, would help to bring acts of criminality in the State to an end. The Governor added that the deployment was evidence of President Muhammadu Buhari’s pragmatic leadership and the importance the current Federal Government Administration attaches to the security of lives and properties of Nigerians in the North Central part of Nigeria. According to the Governor, “no one could have thought that the response to the requests that I made 3 days back, during a meeting with the President, would come into fruition so quickly”. He therefore thanked the President and the CAS for their efforts geared towards ensuring that peace is restored to Nasarawa and surrounding States.

IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force
…….

COVID-19: FRSC Deploy Life Support Ambulance to Nasarawa

The Nasarawa State Government has conveyed its profound appreciation to the Federal Road Safety Corps for deploying additional 2 life support ambulances with complete team of personnel to the state, describing the gesture as, uncommon, indelible, unprecedented and indeed, a positive boost to the state’s capacity and efforts to combat the devastating novel coronavirus pandemic.

In a statement by Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer, the handing and taking over of the life support ambulances took place on Friday, 15 May, 2020 in Lafia, the State capital.

According to Kazeem, the State Government expressed its appreciation to the Corps through a statement contained in a letter signed by the Honourable Commissioner for Health, Nasarawa State, Pharm. Ahmed B. Yahaya on behalf of the Government and good people of the State.

The Health Commissioner lauded the Corps’ continuous show of commitment and support towards the fight against the global health challenge, not only through deployment of personnel to enforce orders; but the provision of adequate ambulance services for the evacuation of identified coronavirus patients.

He stated that the kind gesture as demonstrated by the Corps would remain indelible in the history of the State.

Pharm. Ahmed B Yahaya noted inter alia that; ” I write to register his Excellency, the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule’s profound and deep appreciation to you for your uncommon gesture by releasing two additional life support ambulances to the State in the fight against the dreaded coronavirus disease”.

The Corps Public Education Officer also quoted the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi as saying that the Federal Road Safety Corps is committed to giving unlimited support to both the Presidential Task Force (PTF) and State Governments, at any point in time, in the area of personnel deployment and provision of life support ambulance services to battle the common enemy.

While advising the citizenry to keep faith with the government in the efforts to combat the pandemic, Oyeyemi assured that the Corps will not go to sleep and will continue to work round the clock to ensure that all tasks and responsibilities accruing to the Corps in the ongoing fight against Covid 19 are strictly carried out without any form of laxity.

Bisi Kazeem
Spokesperson FRSC

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • (FRSC)
  • CAS
  • Covid-19
  • NAF
  • PTF
  • Special Forces
Previous articleFG Plans €995million Agri-Leasing to Nigerian Farmers
Next articlePresidency Assures of Action Against Bandits in Katsina
Bisi Kazeem, Ibikunle Daramola
Bisi Kazeem, Ibikunle Daramola
http://www.PRNigeria.com

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

ICPC

ICPC, PenCom Partner to Curb Pension Fraud Nationwide

Nigerian Naval Chiefs Idi Abbas, Ibrahim Saad and Patrick Koshoni

List of Nigeria’s Naval Chiefs Since Independence to the Present Day

Nigeria Women Police

Nigeria Police Marks 70 Years of Women in Policing

Nigerian Army Chief TY Danjuma, Ibrahim Attahiru, Shuaib Waidi

List of Nigeria’s Army Chiefs From Independence to the Present Day- By PRNigeria

Customs Warn Nigerians Against WhatsApp Auction Scams

IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun decorating Tijani Fatai

IGP Decorates 16 Senior Officers, Harps on Integrity, Professionalism

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with newly appointed service chiefs

Coup Whispers and the Crisis of Trust By Haroon Aremu

Police Officer

A’Ibom Police Dismantle Illegal Firearms Factory, Arrest 2 Suspects

Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede; Chief of Army Staff, Major General Waidi Shaibu; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Idi Abbas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal S.K. Aneke, during their maiden courtesy visit at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters,

Badaru to Service Chiefs: Strengthen Unity, Deliver Results

The National Security Adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu

Anambra Guber Poll: We’ll Deal Decisively With Trouble Makers — Ribadu Warns

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

JUST IN: Tinubu Writes Senate, Seeks Confirmation of Newly Appointed Service Chiefs

IGP Kayode Egbetokun Police Boss

Rethinking Policing in Lagos By Adebisi A. Oyeshakin

Recent Posts

  • Tinubu Grants Clemency to Selected Convicts, Transfers Mercy Committee to Justice Ministry
  • ICPC, PenCom Partner to Curb Pension Fraud Nationwide
  • List of Nigeria’s Naval Chiefs Since Independence to the Present Day
  • Nigeria Police Marks 70 Years of Women in Policing
  • List of Nigeria’s Army Chiefs From Independence to the Present Day- By PRNigeria
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
Tinubu Grants Clemency to Selected Convicts, Transfers Mercy Committee to Justice MinistryICPC, PenCom Partner to Curb Pension Fraud NationwideList of Nigeria’s Naval Chiefs Since Independence to the Present DayNigeria Police Marks 70 Years of Women in PolicingList of Nigeria’s Army Chiefs From Independence to the Present Day- By PRNigeriaWSCIJ Urges Joint Effort to Safeguard Nigeria’s Democratic SpaceHow we Trained 3,790 Journalists, Created 844 Stories in Few Years - WSCIJ ICPC, RoLAC Partner to Boost Staff’ Capacity on Data-Driven PerformanceUS Revokes Wole Soyinka’s Visa, Nearly a Decade After He Renounced Green Card Over TrumpCustoms Warn Nigerians Against WhatsApp Auction ScamsIGP Decorates 16 Senior Officers, Harps on Integrity, ProfessionalismINEC Chairman Amupitan Appoints Multi-Award Winner Adedayo Oketola as Chief Press SecretaryCoup Whispers and the Crisis of Trust By Haroon AremuTinubu Seeks Senate Confirmation of New Service Chiefs A'Ibom Police Dismantle Illegal Firearms Factory, Arrest 2 Suspects
X whatsapp