S/South Monarchs Urges Buhari To Change Armed Forces Service Chiefs

The monarchs of the coastal state of Niger Delta under the umbrella of the PAN Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has called on president Muhammadu Buhari, to change the service chiefs of the Nigerian armed forces.

The group urged Buhari to respect the tradition of the armed forces by changing the top hierarchy officers in order to bring fresh ideals to the fight against insurgency in the nation.

The Deputy National Secretary of the regional body, Mr. Ken Robinson, disclosed this in an interview on Wednesday.

He said “Buhari should also ensure that appointment of persons to such offices is not based on religious or sectional considerations, but on character and competence.

“He needs to improve the weaponry and welfare of officers and men of the armed forces, the police and other security agencies, as well as provide adequate training and retraining to expand the capacities of personnel.

“Nigeria urgently needs a massive economic stimulus. Our expectation in this regard, is that the newly constituted Presidential Economic Advisory Council, made up of persons of notable professional pedigrees, should be encouraged to carry out their assignments judiciously, while Mr. President would be applicably mindful of their contributions to improve the economy and the overall well being of the Nigerian people.

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“The President also needs to muster the political will and energy to increase spending in sectors, projects and programmes that would boost economic growth and create jobs.

“In addition, he should correct the huge infrastructural deficit, especially the poor state of roads that impact heavily on the movement of goods and persons.

“With a comatose economy, insecurity of lives and property at its peak across the country, high unemployment and gross infrastructural deficit, it may be difficult to be optimistic as the President wished in his New Year message to Nigerians. But as we begin the New Year, which is also the dawn of a new decade, there is opportunity for the President Buhari to correct the mistakes of the last four and half years.

“PANDEF’s expectation is that President Buhari would do things differently in order to improve the nation’s security situation and the abysmal economy, with their ominous ramifications.

“PANDEF therefore, urges President Buhari to tackle headlong the insecurity and criminality challenges in the country to strengthen the nation’s security, and guarantee the safety of lives and property of citizens.

“There is an urgent need of change in strategy and approach, and this requires immediate overhaul of the nation’s security architecture and apparatus.”