President Muhammad Buhari has
directed service chiefs and entire leadership of the nation’s Armed
Forces to intensify and perfect current strategies and techniques toward
curtailing criminalities across the country.
The
president gave the directive at the grand finale of the 2016 Nigerian
Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) in Gusau on Thursday, July 14.
Represented by the Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali,
the president said that intensifying current efforts would put an end
to all forms of criminalities being perpetrated across the country.
Expressing
satisfaction with the level of professionalism displayed by the armed
forces, he assured Nigerians that the current efforts would yield
positive results.
He restated his administration's
commitment toward enhancing operational efficiency of the Nigerian
Armed Forces to effectively discharge their constitutional roles.
Buhari
said that the Federal Government remained committed to ensuring that
the military was provided with required resources and impetus to operate
professionally and efficiently.
"With what I
have seen today, I am quite confident as all other Nigerians that the
Nigerian Armed Forces has been repositioned ever than before to
resolutely confront security challenges in our country.
"I
implore all officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army to sustain the
current tempo in the various operations across the country.
"I
urge you to intensify and perfect current strategies, approaches,
techniques and tactics toward curtailing all forms of criminalities
across the country."
On his part, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said that the hallmark of the celebration was the training amid "real time combat operation’’.
He
said that the exercise and operation which started some days earlier
had yielded results as many enclaves of the criminals had been
dismantled.
"This year's Nigerian Army Day
Celebration (NADCEL) is quite unique because of the major training to
drive the Army's operational readiness and to address security
challenges in parts of the country.
"The
exercise is also an avenue to expand ongoing operations in collaboration
with sister services and security agencies to tackle cattle rustlers
and armed bandits in the North-West.
"I
am glad to announce that the exercise has been a huge success and I want
to call on the people of the affected areas to return and continue with
their legitimate businesses," he said.
On
the North-East operations, Buratai said that the stabilisation phase of
the fight against insurgency was progressing accordingly.
He said the army had in the last one year conducted its operations in the most professional manner.
According
to him, the army has in the past year aligned itself to improve its
relations with the public even as it employed kinetic and non-kinetic
strategies in addressing security challenges.
The army chief paid glowing tribute to the officers
and men, especially those that paid the supreme price in the fight
against insurgency.
He assured the political class and other Nigerians of army's commitment to keeping Nigeria united and safe.
According
to him, the commitment and unalloyed loyalty of the Nigerian Army to
the nation remain unchanged and officers and soldiers will continue to
remain apolitical.
The News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) reports that officers and soldiers and some journalists, including
NAN Defence Correspondent, Mr Jude Zoho, received the 2016 Chief of
Army Staff commendation award.
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