The immediate past chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Army, Abdulrazak Sa’ad Namdas has stated that, President Ahmed Bola has appointed people that will help him fight insecurity in the country.
He said this while speaking to journalists on the appointment of the new service Chiefs, Inspector General of Police and the National Security Adviser in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said,“In my view, the president made an excellent selection of officers that can help him fight insecurity in Nigeria. As chairman House committee, I got to know the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. C.G. Musa and the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen T.A. Lagbaja. They have held command positions and they are very respected in the Nigerian Army.
“I have been told that the two other service chiefs are thorough professionals. When you add Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as National Security Adviser, I believe they will help the president achieve the desired results. As far as I am concerned these men are square pegs in square holes.
“These new appointees will certainly benefit from the political will of a President who promised to hit the ground running and he has done exactly this.
“I see the new service chiefs and NSA being empowered in a manner that they will be able to get the desired results-which is mainly people being protected from kidnappers, unknown gunmen and dealing with Boko Haram”.
It could be recalled that, the President had appointed Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as the new National Security Adviser (NSA) while Maj. Gen. C.G Musa was appointed as the new Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen T. A Lagbaja as Chief of Army Staff, Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla as Chief of Naval Staff and AVM H.B Abubakar was appointed Chief of Air Staff.
DIG Kayode Egbetokun has also taken over as Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) while Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye has been appointed Chief of Defense Intelligence.
