Makinde Ayinla, Edo Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Wednesday said that establishment of Modular Refineries would help create jobs and reduce youths restiveness in the country.
Ayinla told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin that the Federal Government’s decision to float modular refineries was a welcome development.
He said that NSCDC had some years back suggested the establishment of modular refineries in the country at its zonal commandants’ meeting.
He, therefore, commended the Federal Government’s plan to implement one or two of NSCDC’s recommendations, especially the establishment of modular refineries.
The commandant, who said that there were always some teething challenges at the beginning of the implementation of any good policy, noted that the effect on the economic in the long run was always enormous.
Ayinla said that aside creating jobs for the unemployed and reducing youths restiveness, modular refineries, when established, would help stabilise the prices of petroleum product as well as end scarcity of the product.
He said the refineries would help regulate the current high rate of foreign exchange, importation of petroleum product and some other goods in the country.
He gave assurance that NSCDC would continue to protect Federal Government critical physical assets.
“We are ready to ensure that the policy does not suffer any setback through sabotage’’.
He said the Corps would ensure that when the policy comes on stream, only registered modular refineries operates and within the ambit of the law.
Ayinla noted that the development, when operational, would also encourage indigenous technology in the country.
On seeming peaceful co-existence between Fulani herdsmen and their host communities in the state, he disclosed that the command would soon constitute a committee in that regard.
He disclosed that Agro-Allied Department and the Peace and conflict resolution committees of the the command had in the last few weeks, amicably resolved five disputes between herdsmen and members of their host communities.
The commandant said that the command had concluded plans to host stakeholders meeting toward achieving lasting peace in communities in the state.
He said that experts from the academia as well as security organisations would be invited to analyse and speak to the stakeholders on safety and security matters.
