September 07, (THEWILL) – Wis-South Security Limited has inaugurated over 3,000 trainees in Rivers State in a colourful Passing Out Parade (POP) at the Enyinda International College, Ogbogoro, Choba, Port Harcourt.
The Director of Operations, Chief Apaingolo Womotimi Gabriel, represented by the Director of Special Duties, Mr. Million Henry, in his welcome address, commended the graduating trainees for enduring the rigorous training to complete the programme.
He informed that the training has equipped the officers with intelligence gathering, report writing and self-defensive mechanisms and urged them to bring to bear the experience garnered to discharge the core mandate of Wis-South Security to protect the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited assets and stamp out the menace of illegal bunkering, oil theft, pipeline vandalization and other related attacks on critical national assets besetting the oil industry.
The representative of the Director of Operations charged the graduating trainees to collaborate with sister security agencies to maintain the mandate of Wis-South Security Ltd. and advised them to ensure discipline, maintain integrity and contribute meaningfully to the economic growth of the country.
He expressed appreciation to sister security agencies for their support and cooperation that have created the enabling environment for operatives of Wis-South Security Ltd to perform and warned vandals to keep clear NNPCL assets in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
Henry praised the Director of Training, Gabriel Badom, for the drills and the good job done on the trainees throughout the duration of the training and also inspected the parade.
On his part, the Guest of Honour who doubles as the Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Rivers State Command, Tanko Dantani, urged the operatives of Wis-South Security Ltd. not to despise little beginning.
He noted that they have received the basic training required for their operations, adding that it is gratifying that the company has earned the confidence of the NNPCL and urged the guards to maintain and sustain the tempo.
He advised them not to operate beyond their mandate and to avoid interfering with the areas of operations of conventional security agencies.
The Chief Executive Officer of Wis-South Security Ltd., Chief Wisdom Joseph Owo, who was represented by the Director of Procurement, Apiri Dressman James, while performing the inauguration ceremony of the graduating trainees, charged them to follow the rules of engagement and obey the chain of command, saying that the drills instilled in them by the Director of Training, Gabriel Badom, has equipped and toughen them to deliver on the mandate of Wis-South Security Ltd as the NNPCL police.
The Director of Procurement, Apiri Dressman James, on behalf of the CEO, inaugurated the passing out trainees and declared them as guards of Wis-South Security Ltd. after administering the oath of allegiance to them. He enjoined them to be patriotic in all their field operations.
On his part, the Director of Public Relations and Information of Wis-South Security Ltd, John Etekpe, enjoined the newly inaugurated guards not to compromise their conscience and resort to strikes, court actions and violence to enforce their rights.
He emphasised that the training in Rivers State was a way of spreading the tentacles and strengthening the workforce of Wis-South Security Ltd. in order to secure NNPCL facilities in the Niger Delta and warned those bent on acts of vandalism to keep off the NNPCL and its joint venture partners facilities as those caught will be made to feel the warm embrace of the law.
He thanked the Director of Training for the drills and the discipline inculcated in the graduating trainees and charged them to bring credibility and honour to the company.
Etekpe thanked the Director of Finance, Rivers State, Isaiah Sunday, who is also the Rivers State Coordinator of Wis-South Security Ltd. for investing his time, energy, resources and filling the gaps that ensured the success of the passing out parade ceremony and lauded all the state exco members including the HOD Administration, Winifred Iruokhaumu; State Secretary, Naomi Ogadinma; PRO, Eugene Peba; HOD Health, Happiness Friday; Assistant Welfare Officer, Isere Mercy, and State Women Leader, Isere Theresa, among others.
He expressed gratitude to God for fair weather and for making the event possible and to all the guests for finding time to grace the occasion.
Amos Okioma is a Correspondent at THEWILL
