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Service Chiefs Plan Massive Changes by ORACLE1975(m): 5:28am On Jul 18, 2015 |
There are strong indications that the newly appointed
service chiefs will embark on a far reaching reorganisation
within the three services of the Armed Forces.
Security personnel, who confided in one of our
correspondents on Friday, said that the changes might
come not later than the next one week.
The new service chiefs are Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.Gen.
Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin; Chief of Army Staff, Maj.Gen.
T.Y. Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete
Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sadique
Abubakar.
It was learnt that there had been apprehension in the
military since the announcement of the change in
leadership in the military in Monday.
It was gathered that the appointments had elicited mixed
reactions from military personnel especially the officers
cadre because some officers who did not ‘have juicy
appointments’ are expecting better postings while those in
such positions are looking forward to retaining them.
It was further learnt that the new chiefs would not delay in
effecting the expected changes because of the need to put
together a team of senior military officers to pursue their
respective visions for the three services.
The changes, it was gathered, would affect the various
General Officers Commanding, the Air Officers
Commanding, and the Flag Officer Commanding of the
services.
It was further learnt that the shake-up would also affect
Directors, field commanders and others occupying strategic
positions in the services.
The source said, “It is not only about a directive to
reposition the military. When there is a change in command,
this must happen. It would not be delayed and should not
be later than a week.
“There must be major changes involving the GCOS,
commanders, commandant of tri-service formations, air
officers, and flag officers commanding in the next one
week.
“The new chiefs are not supposed to waste time. They
must work with their loyalists.
“Naturally, some very senior officers in the same course
with the service chiefs would go with them while chances
would be created for others in the tri-service institutions.
“All those who are leaving must be replaced; there can’t be
a vacuum, posting must come.”
Another source, who spoke on the issue, said that the
expected changes were inevitable.
The source stated that it was the norm in the military for the
service chiefs to appoint their loyalists, reshuffle officers
just the same way the President replaced the service chiefs
he inherited from Jonathan.
Investigations showed that the Nigerian Army headquarters’
11 departments and six divisions will be affected by the
impending shake-up.
These are the Directorate of Army Policy and Plans:
Directorate of Army Training and Operations; Directorate of
Army logistics; Directorate of Army Administration;
Directorate of Army Standards and Evaluation; and the
Directorate of Civil Military Affairs.
Other departments of the Army to be affected are:
Directorate of Nigerian Army Welfare Limited/GTE; Army
Transformation and Innovation Centre; Nigerian Army
Military Secretary; Legal Service; and the Directorate of
Army Public Relations.
The Army divisions that may be affected are 1 Division; 2
Division; 3 Division; 81 Division; 82 Division; and 7 Division.
Also to be affected are the seven service headquarters of
the Nigerian Air Force, its four commands and 13 Direct
Reporting Units.
The seven branches of the service headquarters are: Policy;
Operations; Engineering; Log and Comms; Administration,
Evaluation and Air Secretary.
The Commands of the Nigerian Air Force that may be
affected by the shake-up are: Tactical Air Command;
Mobility Command; Training Command; and Logistics
Command.
The DRUs, by virtue of their functions, report directly to NAF
Headquarters.
The units are: Nigerian Air Force Holding Company; Air
Force Institute of Technology; National Air Defence Corp;
Presidential Air Fleet (101 PAF); Aeromedical Centre (102
AMC); Pay and Accounting (103 PAG); Pesonnel
Management Group (104 PMG); and NAF Camp Abuja (106
NAF Camp Abuja).
Others are: NAF Camp Abuja (107 NAF Camp Lagos); NAF
Hospital Abuja (108 NAFH); Special Investigation Group
(109 SIG); Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services
Ltd (AETSL); and Quick Response Force (QRF).
For the Nigerian navy, its eight Command Headquarters are
also expected to be affected by the shake-up. The naval
command structure involves the Naval Headquarters; the
Western Naval Command; the Eastern Naval Command;
Central Naval Command; and the Naval Training Command.
Others are the Logistics Command, the Autonomous
Command and the NN Air Arm.
Reacting to the planned shake-up, a former Director of
Procurement in the Defence Headquarters and a Fellow of
War College, Brig.-Gen. Ayodele Ojo, described it as normal.
He said the new service chiefs would naturally want to
bring in people they think could do the job.
He said, “It is customary that when new service chiefs are
appointed, it is usually followed with changes down the line
particularly at the top echelon.
“The new service chiefs will want to bring on board officers
of like mind that will be able to implement and carry out
their operational and strategic directives. That explains why
it is necessary to effect changes at the top level of
command.
“Similarly, for effective command and control by the service
chiefs, it is expected that all officers senior to them are
supposed to go on voluntary retirement. In the case of the
Army, all officers of Regular 28 and above and their
equivalent counterparts should proceed on retirement.”
A security analyst, Ben Okezie, asked the new Chief of Army
Staff, to restore discipline and restructure the army, noting
that indiscipline had eaten deep into the armed forces.
According to him, soldiers no longer have respect for senior
officers and this, he said, had permeated every sector of the
security forces.
Okezie advised the CAS to look into the welfare of his
officers and men, noting that this was neglected by the past
security chiefs.
Also speaking, a retired Lagos State Commissioner of
Police, Abubakar Tsav, said he expects the new military
chiefs to restructure the army and weed out redundant
hands and those he described as mercenaries.
Tsav challenged the COAS to focus seriously on the war
against insurgency which he said the sacked service chiefs
failed to do.
But a retired senior military officer, Col. Tony Nyiam, called
for caution.
He said the shake-up should not be used to intimidate
officers.
Nyiam said, “Yes, they need it (shake-up) to change and
bring in people, but this must not be a witch-hunt. We have
dead woods, but there should be no intimidation based on
ethnicity because the usual thing is to see people use such
as an excuse to put their own people in and remove others.”
In a related development, President Muhammadu Buhari
may not hire mercenaries to prosecute the war against
Boko Haram insurgents, Saturday PUNCH has learnt.
It was gathered that the President had been assessing the
war against terrorism since his assumption of office and
had come to the conclusion that Nigerian military could
defeat the insurgents without mercenaries.
A top security source, who confided in Saturday PUNCH,
said, “The President considers it as a national honour for
our military to handle the crisis without interventions from
foreign armies.
“He was in the Nigerian army and he knows what it can do.
He believes if the military is properly equipped, it can defeat
the insurgents.”
When contacted, the Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the Federal
Government had not talked about hiring South African
mercenaries to fight against the Boko Haram sect.
Adesina, in an interview with one of our correspondents on
Thursday, said he would not be able to comment on what
the government had not talked about.
“This administration has not talked about that (hiring South
African mercenaries to fight against Boko Haram sect). So,
I cannot comment on something that has not been talked
about,” he simply said.
It will be recalled that Buhari, on May 18, while hosting the
National Executive Council of the Arewa Consultative
Forum, expressed disappointment with the way the military
handled the war against insurgency in the North East.
According to Buhari, Nigerian soldiers needed not wait for
South Africans before confronting Boko Haram insurgents
and winning the war in parts of the North- East.
“The military has never been so incapacitated like now. It is
a shame that the Military cannot secure 14 out of the 774
local governments in the country.
“What is more worrisome is the fact that Nigeria’s military
has to rely on South African mercenaries before it could
gain recent success in the war against Boko Haram. This
situation is shameful and unacceptable.
“My administration will concentrate on three major areas
on assumption of office that is insecurity, the economy/
unemployment and corruption. We will ensure we nip
insecurity in the bud.
“A situation where people live above their earnings will not
be tolerated” http://www.punchng.com/news/service-chiefs-plan-massive-changes/
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Re: Service Chiefs Plan Massive Changes by makzeze: 5:31am On Jul 18, 2015 |
Noted. |
Re: Service Chiefs Plan Massive Changes by ORACLE1975(m): 5:45am On Jul 18, 2015 |
So long they would send corrupt politicians both past
and present to jail, I am with the military aces from root
to branch. The army should stop-with the terrorisation
of civilian as has been the in-thing since way back.
They should also learn to stop to beat up policemen –
which escalate into Army/Police tension plenty times
over, in the past.#TEAMCHANGE SEND the corrupt officer back to home. |
Re: Service Chiefs Plan Massive Changes by beycity(m): 6:35am On Jul 18, 2015 |
I hope this wont be an IGG cha. |
Re: Service Chiefs Plan Massive Changes by ProfessorPeter(m): 6:55am On Jul 18, 2015 |
Am still waiting for Buhari to end boko haram in two months of his administration as he promised and not running after a mere radio that does not kill nor bomb any one. |
Re: Service Chiefs Plan Massive Changes by azzima(m): 7:15am On Jul 18, 2015 |
SANITY!!!!!!....Nigeria will be great again. |
Re: Service Chiefs Plan Massive Changes by arabbunkum: 7:42am On Jul 18, 2015 |
Initial gra gra = IGG |
Re: Service Chiefs Plan Massive Changes by b3llo(m): 7:50am On Jul 18, 2015 |
My prayers for The Service Chiefs, is that they discharge their duties effectively. Long Live Federal Republic of Nigeria!!! |
Re: Service Chiefs Plan Massive Changes by Nobody: 7:59am On Jul 18, 2015 |
With this re-organisation. It means our Gen Olukolade will be redeployed or retired. So sad what a nice chap . A good chap with a bad job of marketting a terrible product. |
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