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MILPOPPROF Forum Kaduna Commits To Foster Inter Interagency Collaboration and Networking
By prince Benson Davies
The Spokespersons of MILPOPPROF, which comprises the Military, Police and Paramilitary Public Relations officers Forum, have reiterated its commitment towards strengthening synergy and enhancing cooperation between “ESPRIT DE CORPS” to foster interagency collaboration, cooperation and networking among them.
In a strategic meeting at the EFCC Kaduna Zonal Directorate, Chief Facilitator of the Forum, SC. AS Portia Aji, noted in a statement that the umbrella body of the image managers of all security agencies in Nigeria was established to promote National Security through synergy, intelligence sharing and professional activities geared toward enhancing the operational capacity of members.
The Chief Facilitator highlights that the forum will organise joint seminars for agencies’ ranks and files and inter-agency sporting activities, including quarterly PR training to update spokespersons on how to keep up with new trends in the field.
According to the statement, the Forum will also be visiting training institutions to interface with trainees on recruit and refresher courses to showcase synergy and teach them the role of each agency in the National Security architecture.
The Zonal Director, EFCC Kaduna, Dr Benedict Ubi, underscores the importance of public relations and PR, considering the critical roles they play as image makers and reputational managers of an organization.
He says that the duty of policing Nigeria is a task that requires collaboration and synergy among all the security agencies in the country, stressing that the security agencies must synergize together for the project to help Nigeria fight her common enemies.
The meeting ended with an election of EXCOs to fill the existing vacuum in the leadership of the Forum: SC H Badamasi of NSCDC was elected as the Assistant Chief Facilitator, SC I Sulaiman of NCS as the Secretary, ASP Mansur Hassan of NPF as Assistant Secretary, and DSC E Abutu of NCoS as Assistant Financial Secretary.
Others are Hauwa Mamu of DSS as the forum’s PRO and Jamila Iliyasu of KASTLEA as Assistant PRO. SC R Yusuf as ICT Desk, while AS Portia of NCoS and Zainab Sani Ahmed of EFCC retained their positions as the Chief Facilitator and Financial Secretary, respectively.