The newly established National Centre for the Control of Small Arms
and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has partnered Service Chiefs of
military and paramilitary agencies to combat illicit arms flows in
Nigeria.
The director-general, NCCSALW, Major General Abba Mohammed
Dikko (rtd) solicited the support of the Service Chiefs during separate
visits to the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor; Chief of the
Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, and the Inspector General of
Police, Alkali Baba Usman, in Abuja recently.
In a statement by the director, strategic communications and
information, National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light
Weapons, Group Captain Ewejide Akintunde, Dikko said the purpose of
the visits was to acquaint the various chiefs with the core functions of
NCCSALW.
He said all stakeholders support was needed in the actualisation of the
centre’s objectives.
Gen Dikko explained that the NCCSALW was established on May 3,
2021 following an Executive Order by President Muhammadu Buhari
and he was initially appointed as the national coordinator of the Centre
on May 6, 2021.
