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FG Replaces NATFORCE With NATCOM

As group urges prompt Presidential assent, says NATCOM will create 270, 000 jobs

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The Federal Government has disbanded the National Task Force on the Prohibition of Illegal Importation/Smuggling of Arms, Ammunition, Light Weapons, Chemical Weapons and Pipeline Vandalism (NATFORCE).

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the announcement while briefing State House correspondents after the National Security Council meeting in Abuja on Thursday because it is now replaced with National Commission (NATCOM)!

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Recall the National Assembly has passed the NATCOM Bill as part of the ECOWAS Treaty on Small Arms Ammunition and Chemical Weapons. The new bill NATCOM, which was passed by the National Assembly is headed by the DG Dr Baba Mohammed, hence disbandment of NATFORCE   as it is NATCOM now.

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Meanwhile, in a related development, the Arewa Youth Civil Society Network has commended the National Assembly for the passage of The Nigerian National Commission against the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (Establishment) Bill, 2020(SB. 283); The Nigerian National Commission against the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (Establishment) Bill, 2020 (SB. 513); and The National Centre for the Coordination and Control of the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (Establishment) Bill, 2021 (SB. 794).

They therefore called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign these bills into law considering the importance and the over increasing population of Nigeria.

Addressing Journalist in Abuja,the coordinator Zakari Hashim described the passage of these important bills as overwhelming hence the urgent need for ascend by Mr President to make them laws.

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Zakari Hashim praised the leadership Qualities of the Director General  of NATCOM Dr. Baba Mohammed for reviving the agency and according him ,it is now fully back to life with the new development with the just pronounced disbandment of NATFORCE by the Federal Government.

Speaking further, the coordinator added, “you will agree with us that, the population of Nigeria which is increasing on a daily basis needs an upward review in term of manpower of the country’s security agents,” pointing out that no iota of doubt that the current manpower Nigeria security sector embodies is overstretched.

He lamented that, a country with more than 200 million population having not up to 1.5 million security personnel, this call for alacrity reflection.

“Due to this overwhelmed population and inadequate manpower, this has aided free and easy proliferation of light and non light weapon across the country and the most worrisome part of this time bomb is nonavailability of any agency that is saddled with the responsibility of checkmating this menace that has suddenly turned to a cankerworm.

The Nigerian National Commission against the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (Establishment) Bill, 2020(SB. 283); The Nigerian National Commission against the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (Establishment) Bill, 2020 (SB. 513); and The National Centre for the Coordination and Control of the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (Establishment) Bill, 2021 (SB. 794).

The three bills seek to provide for the establishment of a government body that will be saddled with combating the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Nigeria.

The functions of the body shall be in line with Article 24 of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Convention on the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons which came into force in 2009.

“We are happy that with the disbandment of the NATFORCE by the national security council brief by the honorable minister of interior Raful Arebeshola, this will automatically birth a new light and singanage of the NATCOM bill receiving attention before Mr.President, we commend the leadership of the national assembly for the momentum and timely passage of the bill in order to arrest the current security situation in the country.

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“The proposed legal framework to establish the  Prohibition of Illegal Importation/Smuggling of Arms, Ammunition, Light Weapons, Chemical Weapons and Pipeline Vandalism (NATCOM) under the leadership of Dr Baba Mohammad, if signed into law will create over 270,000 jobs for unemployed Nigerian youth and will address the shortfall of security agencies and strengthen internal security to ensure illegal importation of weapons by disgruntled elements in the northern Nigerian and the country at large.

“We therefore call on all stakeholders to keep foresight and be vigilant to curtail this time bomb,” the association concluded.

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