The Government of the United Kingdom, UK, has provided training support for 75 officers of the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) training, which took place in Maiduguri, was in partnership with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS). This is according to a statement by Atinuke Akande-Alegbe, Senior Communications Officer at the British High Commission on Monday in Abuja.
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Source: Daily Nigerian News
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