New Defence Chief Pledges Enhanced Intelligence To Combat Terrorism

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, the Chief of Army Staff Lt-Gen Waidi Shaibu and the Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Admiral Idi Abbas connected Thursday formally assumed bid of the assorted services.

General Oluyede pledged to heighten quality driven operations guided by the principles of professionalism, jointness, discipline, innovation, and accountability to combat emerging threats.

He said the enactment of the Nigerian subject would beryllium guided by the principles of professionalism, jointness, discipline, innovation, and accountability, portion strengthening synergy among the services and defence agencies.

General Oluyede stated this aft taking implicit the mantle of enactment from his predecessor, General Christopher Musa, astatine the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, connected Thursday.

Oluyede noted that the analyzable and evolving quality of threats confronting our nation, including terrorism, insurgency, banditry, arsenic good arsenic emerging cyber, aerial, and maritime information threats, demands that they stay vigilant, innovative, and united, hence nether his enactment helium would guided by the principles of professionalism, jointness, discipline, innovation, and accountability.

He besides pledged to heighten intelligence-driven operations and deepen collaboration with different information and instrumentality enforcement agencies, emphasizing that their nonsubjective of restoring and sustaining peace, stability, and nationalist cohesion successful each portion of the state remained incontestable.

“Equally important is the payment of our officers and men, which remains cardinal to operational effectiveness,” the CDS said.

“Under my leadership, the Defence Secretaries volition proceed to advocator for improved welfare, housing, aesculapian support, and grooming opportunities for unit and their families.

We shall besides put successful the motivation and intelligence well-being of our troops, ensuring that the sacrifices are recognised and rewarded.

“We volition prioritise capacity-building, research, and technological innovation to heighten operational ratio and strategical foresight. In doing so, we shall leverage the resources and intellect disposable crossed our defence institutions, arsenic good arsenic partnerships with section and planetary stakeholders.”

While praising the gallant soldiers of the Nigerian military, describing them arsenic the pridefulness and backbone of our equipped forces, the CDS urged them to proceed to uphold the highest standards of discipline, loyalty, and professionalism.

“Remember that each enactment you instrumentality reflects not conscionable connected your service, but connected the equipped forces and the full nation.

“To the retired elder officers and veterans present, your enduring enactment and contented stay invaluable to the continued advancement of our military,” helium said.

Earlier successful his remarks, the outgone Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, said his tenure was challenging but besides “incredibly” rewarding, facing a analyzable and dynamic information landscape, that were  confronted with unwavering resolve, guided by law mandate and a shared imaginativeness for a unafraid and prosperous Nigeria.

According to him, helium pursued a doctrine of jointness, people-centricity, inter-agency practice and kinetic synergy, which was not simply a slogan, but an  operational rule that guided their  actions.

“Under my watch, we worked tirelessly to deepen the integration of our Army, Navy and Air Force. The constitution of Joint Task Force crossed our theatres of operations stands arsenic a testament to our committedness for a unified approach.

“We besides guarantee that we enactment intimately unneurotic successful collaboration with each the sister information agencies and different MDAs. We person enhanced our operational effectiveness, improved quality sharing and fostered a civilization wherever work affiliations are secondary to our communal goal, that of the defence of our nation’s territorial integrity and the extortion of our citizens.

“We person recorded important gains successful the combat against terrorism, insurgency and different forms of criminality, but the enactment is not yet finished.”

The recently appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen Waidi Shaibu, vowed to face coercion and different information threats head-on.

Shaibu made the declaration connected Thursday successful Abuja soon aft assuming bid arsenic the 25th Chief of Army Staff from his predecessor, General Olufemi Oluyede, who has been appointed the caller Chief of Defence Staff.

He besides pledged to marque the Nigerian Army much agile, professional, and combat-ready to reconstruct lasting bid crossed the country.

The caller Army Chief said the federation was passing done challenging times, but assured that the Army nether his bid would respond decis...