The Federal Government has approved funds for the procurement of intelligence gathering equipment and gunboats for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
The equipment would be deployed in states for surveillance and operations.
Disclosing this to journalists, the NSCDC,Commandant-General, Doctor Ahmed Audi, said the hardware would further strengthen the agency’s capability to gather intelligence which would be shared with other security outfits across the country.
He urged state commandants to focus attention on intelligence gathering, noting that some of them were not doing enough.
