Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) Ekiti State Command joined Civil Defence Communities of the Globe to celebrate Year 2023 World Civil Defence Day with the Theme:
“The Role of Information Technology in Risk Assessment”The Theme is in line with the new trend in solving security questions using high-tech.
The World Civil Defence Day is an annual event celebrated on March 1st, to awake consciousness about the necessity of Civil Defence, strategies employed and deployed in protecting people and our environment from emergencies especially natural and man made disasters.
Speaking while delivering his address, the Ekiti State Commandant, CC John Olatunde Fayemi said the Day is hallowed to recognize the immense support of Civil Defence personnel who work laboriously to sustain and maintain the safety and development of their melee.
While elucidating the Theme for the year ” The Role of Informationnformation technology in Risk Assessment”, Commandant Fayemi said the theme is championed on the interest and necessity of high technologies and inter connectivity of modems and satellite pings, artificial intelligence and robotic engineering in assessing risks related to civil populace security system and homeland security.
He pointed further that, information is important in security build ups and technological deployment of artificial intelligence has played vital roles in guiding against disasters.
According to the Commandant, “technological advancement in information technology helps to prepare necessary back ups in case of natural and man made disasters anytime they surface. With the development in technical know-how, total reliance on artificial intelligence can fail because they are put in place by human beings who are better reasoning than the computer.
The Commandant praised the introduction of Technology in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections which helped to minimize vote buying and other electoral offences with a clear warming that over reliance on technology may bring confusion and people should know how to reconcile differences arising from failure of technology.
He alluded further on the commitment of the Commandant General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, PhD, mni, OFR to digitalize the administration and operations of the Corps for seamless intra and inter Agency collaborations and synergies.
He highlighted the use of Information Technology Apps such as I – EARS ( Integrated Electronic Arrest Reporting System) and PCASM (Public Crime Alert System Monitoring) in the operations of the Corps to drive the Safe School Initiative; as well as gathering Intelligence for national security.
A statement by the CDPRO DSC Tolu Afolabi observes that the highlight of the occasion was the presentation of goodwill message from Civil Defence Officers’ Wives’ Association (CDOWA) led by Mrs Funmilayo Fayemi who thanked the Commandant General Dr Ahmed Abukakar Audi mni OFR and his wife for their contributions to the development of the Corps and the Association with a clarion call to the officers and men of the Corps to do more in their respective areas of assignment to justify the confidence reposed in them by Federal Government, and the good people of Nigeria.