NNWCSC Applauds House of Reps As Neighborhood Watch Bill Scales Second Reading

The leadership of the Nigerian Neighborhood Watch and Community Service Corps (NNWCSC) has applauded the House of Representatives for the passage of the second reading of the bill seeking to establish the corps. The proposed legislation, which aims to enhance grassroots security, is seen as a critical step toward ending widespread insecurity across the country. […]

The leadership of the Nigerian Neighborhood Watch and Community Service Corps (NNWCSC) has applauded the House of Representatives for the passage of the second reading of the bill seeking to establish the corps.

The proposed legislation, which aims to enhance grassroots security, is seen as a critical step toward ending widespread insecurity across the country.

Daily Trust reports that the bill sponsored by Nasiru Gboyega Isiaka, representing Imeko-Afon/Yewa North federal constituency, scaled second reading at the Green Chamber.

Opening debate on the bill, Isiaka said the corps will further strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture in order to drive economic development and growth.

According to him, the corps is a community based organisation to bring residents who will voluntarily come together to monitor and improve security within their neighborhood.

“As we are all aware, security is one of the major challenges and hardly would a week pass without security issues being discussed on the floor.

“The essence of this is to strengthen community based intelligence gathering and to institutionalise community participation in security architecture of Nigeria,” he said.

The National Secretary of the NNWCSC, Olanrewaju Adedoyin, praised lawmakers for supporting a vision that aligns with the national interest, especially at a time when Nigerians are seeking sustainable solutions to issues of kidnapping, terrorism, and violent crimes.

According to the NNWCSC, once the bill becomes law, it will enable the organization to divide communities into smaller clusters for more effective surveillance and intervention.

Adedoyin emphasized that the NNWCSC is prepared to work in synergy with federal, state, and local governments as well as existing security agencies to “flush out criminal minds out of Nigeria.”

He said the corps is not designed to replace existing security outfits, but to complement them by serving as the eyes and ears within communities.

“The end to insecurity is now closer as members of the Nigerian Neighborhood Watch and Community Service Corps are ready to give all it takes to support the federal, states and local governments as well as all security agencies to flush out criminal minds out of Nigeria,” he said.