The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), FCT Command, has charged its personnel to ensure the protection of road studs, railings, street lights and manhole covers.
This call was made by Dr Olusola Odumosu, FCT Commandant of the corps in Abuja, on Sunday.
According to him, it is of significance that street lights, amenities of the newly constructed roads and bridges, Abuja metro line rail tracks and other critical infrastructure are protected by all means.
“Also road reflective studs, railings, manhole covers and other facilities must be properly secured from persons with criminal intentions.” He said.
He explained that the directive does not exempt the coverage of already existing roads and projects in the territory.
“We have activated surveillance patrol in the FCT especially in the city center and we will not take it lightly with anyone caught vandalising public properties.
“Most of the manholes and street lights in the territory have been vandalised and these new ones might be the next target for these criminals.
“The corps have put in place several measures to tackle this menace and has succeeded in the arrest and prosecutions of some suspected vandals and we are not stopping or slowing-down now,” he said.
Odumosu reiterated that the corps, being the lead agency in the protection of critical national asset, would not relent in ensuring that the efforts of the present government ate not wasted.
He called on well-meaning Nigerians to serve as the eyes and ears of security agencies, stressing that is high time the FCT regain its lost glory of infrastructural development.