By Tobias Lengnan Dapam
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said its
three (3) days Strategic Communication Conference for State Commandants, Provosts of Colleges and Public Relations Officers tagged, “STRACOMM 2022,” which was declared open, by the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), ably represented by the Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President, Mr Femi Adesina, will expand crisis management communication plan to curb crisis and election violence.
The conference was declared close by the Commandant General, NSCDC, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, on Friday 4th November, at the Corps’ National Headquarters, Abuja.
The workshop witnessed a galaxy of resource persons who are core media professionals, image merchants and from the academia such as Mr Azu Ishiekwene, Editor in Chief/ Senior Vice Chairman, Leadership Group Limited, Alh.Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operations, the Nation Newspaper, Mr Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Secretary General, Nigerian Guild of Editors/Bureau Chief, This Day Newspaper, Mallam Yushau Shuaibu, Chief Executive Officer, Image Merchants Promotions Limited and Publishers of News release platforms PRNigeria, Economic Confidential Magazine and Emergency Digest.
Others are Hammed Abodunrin, PhD, former Ondo State Commandant, currently undergoing Senior Executive Course at the Nigerian Army War College, Abuja and Dr G.T Joseph, an erudite scholar, author of many books and a senior officer of the Corps.
According to the communique, policy frameworks were developed and proposed to the Management for adoption in the Corps’ Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
According to the communique, the Corps is to “Expand its Crisis Management Communication Plan (CMCP) by emplacing crisis communication strategies that will enable seamless communication between the Corps, the general public and media during crisis, disasters, floodings, breakdown of law and order, electoral violence or crisis, banditry, kidnapping, attacks on Critical National Assets and Infrastructure and many other acts of Infringement on the law.
The goal is to enable the Corps effectively prepare for potential crisis by developing and implementing contingency plans for crisis response mechanism. The CMCP would among other things help the Corps in the management of crisis and disaster by feeling the early warning signs and alerting the public immediately, against the aftermaths and the need to take necessary precautions and devise means of coming out of the situation whilst deciding on next course of action.
