Give us results, not excuses, Tinubu tells service chiefs

By Kingsley Omonobi, Johnbosco Agbakwuru & John Alechenu

ABUJA —
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, told the caller work chiefs, who assumed bureau yesterday and committedness to combat insecurity, that what is expected of them are results and not excuses arsenic the state is successful a hurry to observe peace.

Ordering them to smash caller equipped groups helium described arsenic caller snakes successful troublesome areas of the North-Central, North-West, and immoderate parts of the South, the president said: “We indispensable not let these caller threats to fester. We indispensable beryllium decisive and proactive. Let america smash the caller snakes close successful the head.”

President Tinubu stated these astatine the decoration of the caller work chiefs astatine the Council Chamber successful the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said that the authorities has restored bid to galore areas antecedently nether siege, rescued countless kidnapped citizens, and importantly diminished the capableness of panic groups, but noted that the contented of information challenges remains and “security threats are perpetually evolving, perpetually mutating.”

Congratulating them connected their assignment and confirmation by the Senate, Tinubu said: “As your Commander-in-Chief, I americium entrusting you with a tremendous responsibility, 1 that you indispensable attack with the highest standards of committedness and dedication.”

Achievements meaningless without security

On the value of the decoration, the President said: “Today’s ceremonial is beyond the symbolism of decoration. It marks the opening of our renewed effort to guarantee the bid and information of each Nigerians. Each of you has been cautiously selected for this captious task.

“Security is an indispensable constituent without which everything other is rendered meaningless. There cannot beryllium capable improvement if this cardinal facet of quality request is unmet. Our radical and our federation indispensable stay unafraid to bask the benefits of governance.

“The government’s foremost work is to support the citizens. Over the years, our subject has remained steadfast successful defending our nation’s territorial integrity, with galore soldiers paying the eventual terms for their service. In acheronian times, erstwhile terrorists and equipped marauders held important portions of our land, our gallant equipped forces roseate to the situation and reclaimed those occupied territories.
“We person restored bid to galore areas antecedently nether siege, rescued countless kidnapped citizens, and importantly diminished the capableness of the panic groups.

“To General Shuaib (Chief of Army Staff), I recognize you were injured, you recuperated. I saw truthful galore stories, clips online of Operation Hadin Kai. All of you, moving unneurotic arsenic a team, has made the state proud.

“I convey our equipped forces for their patriotism, diligence, and dedication to their duty. As your Commander-in-Chief, I sincerely admit your sacrifices, arsenic I person repeatedly acknowledged and volition proceed to bash so.”

He said contempt the accomplishment recorded, insecurity inactive persists.
“However, challenges remain. Security threats are perpetually evolving and perpetually mutating. Of sedate interest to our medication is the caller emergence of caller equipped groups successful the troublesome areas of the North-Central, North-West, and parts of the South. We indispensable not let these caller threats to fester. We indispensable beryllium decisive and proactive. Let america smash the caller snakes close successful the head.

“I complaint you, arsenic the heads of our nation’s equipped forces, to transportation retired your duties with patriotic zeal. Nigerians expect results, not excuses. We are successful a hurry to observe peace.

“I complaint you besides to beryllium innovative, pre-emptive, and courageous. Let’s enactment up of those who question to endanger our peace, state and stability. Let america deploy exertion wherever necessary. We cannot let the situation that began successful 2009 to persist immoderate longer. It is clip to decision the enemies.

“I counsel you to enactment unneurotic to speech your accusation efficaciously and travel up proactively, enactment with different information agencies and decision this force erstwhile and for all. We request to cleanable them up, wide them out. I committedness to supply each the enactment you request to get the occupation done.”

We’ll bash our champion —Olueyede

When asked to respond to the complaint by the President that what was expected of them was effect and not excuses, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, said: “We are going to bash our precise champion with the enactment of Mr. President, the authorities and the bully radical of Nigeria due to the fact that for everybody, I judge information should beryllium our business.

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