AFRILAW partnership report with NSCDC

In April 2018 the Observatory member civil society organisation AFRILAW established a partnership with the Private Guards Companies Department of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, (NSCDC) to work together to promote and improve private security governance and responsible private security services in Nigeria (see official partnership letter here). AFRILAW held meetings with the Assistant Commandant General (Private Guards Companies) of the NSCDC to discuss Private Security Governance issues as well as the Baseline Survey project developed in the framework of the Observatory.

In November 2018, upon our request, the Assistant Commandant General (Private Guards Companies) of NSCDC issued a letter of support and cooperation for the Baseline Survey, mandating all Private Security stakeholders in Nigeria -especially the members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC)-, Private Guards Companies and Private Guards, Private Guards Companies Associations and Private Guards Companies Users in the two project states of Abuja and Rivers State to give their maximum cooperation  and support to AFRILAW's Field Researchers/Data Collectors, and to participate where necessary and required during the study period in other to make the Baseline Assessment a huge success. Currently, AFRILAW is developing the final report of the Baseline Survey and the project will be concluded with the Stakeholders Workshop in March 2019.