ANALYSIS: How N/West, S/West Dominating 21 Heads of Military-Security Agencies as S/East, N/Central, S/South Get Only 5 Posts

Of the 21 military, paramilitary and other allied security agencies in the country, only five have persons from the North Central, Southeast and South-South as their Heads, a research analysis by PRNigeria has shown.

They are the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Federal Fire Service (FFS), the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Police Service Commission (PSC), and the Nigerian Navy.

In fact, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, the newly appointed Chief of Naval Staff, CNS, is the only officer from the South East holding any leadership position among the military and security agencies operating in the country.

But the North Central region has Ahmed Abubakar Audi, the Controller General of the NSCDC; and Engr. Jaji Olola Abdulganiyu, the Controller General of the Fire Service.

The North West and the South West, according to the PRNigeria analysis, got the lion’s share of the Heads of the 21 agencies.

No fewer than 12 persons from the two geo-political zones are steering the affairs of various military and security outfits, together with oversight and emergency response agencies.

Those representing the Northwest are seven.

They include the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Maj. Gen. Christopher Musa; the Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Vice Marshall Hassan Abubakar; Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, Haliru Nababa; the Director General of the Department of State Security Service, DSS, Yusuf Magaji Bichi; the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar; the Board Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, CDCFIB, Ja’afaru Ahmed; and the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Ahmed Mustapha Habib.

On the other hand, the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja; Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun; Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola; Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Olufunmileyi Owasanoye, all hail from the South West

The North East, with four of its ‘sons’ piloting the affairs of four security-allied agencies, trails the South West, which has five.

They include Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser, NSA, from Adamawa State; Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, also from Adamawa State; Mr. Abdulkarim Chukkol, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from Borno State; and Dauda Ali Biu, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC.

Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Undiandeye, the newly-appointed Chief of Defence Intelligence, CDI, and Mr. Solomon Arase, Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, are the only South-South Indigenes leading two out of the 21 security-allied agencies identified by PRNigeria.

Meanwhile, PRNigeria reports that 10 out of 21 Security Heads are yet to be confirmed as the substantive helmsmen of the agencies under review in their special report. They are presently working on acting capacities. But the other 11 have long been confirmed by former President Muhammadu Buhari, who appointed them.

Asked if the ‘lopsided’ spread of security agencies’ Heads to the country’s geo-political zones matters in the fight against insecurity, Dr. Araka Okolieaboh, a Strategic Trend Analyst and Energy Security Consultant begged to disagree.

Notwithstanding the composition of the recent appointments of security chiefs based on religion, tribe, and region, Okolieaboh, who is also a Research Fellow in Defence and Strategic Studies at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, maintained that the strategic importance of merit should be first considered.

Dr. Okolieaboh however, said: “I am not surprised that the North-West region got the highest number which I attribute to her long-time involvement in mainstream politics and her strategic implantation plans to maintain the top have always given her leverage over other regions, also considering her size and population as well as her interest in those areas of service delivery is a good explanation why they should get that number.

“Politics from my observation is all about who gets what, when, and how, for the South-East that got the lowest, one can also view that from the lens of political participation, our survey indicates that young men from the South East region will rather go in for entrepreneurship and other private sector engagement rather than serve for twenty-five years before getting to the peak of their careers if you check the number of applications into the Nigerian Police Forces from the region between 2019 and 2022.

“It is also important to note that any regime will want to work with those whose inclinations and interests are geared towards nation-building and national security stability. While the numbers of appointments that went to the South-West and the North East are expected from our trend analysis and historical dialectics however, the North-Central and the South-South have often been considered based on availability and political participation”.

Awesome

He who poured water on ground must match the wet ground.

There can never be a food for the lazy ass..

Customs boss is from Kwara

This is so nice .

I was thinking he said SW and NW had 12 each...lol
What you posted now...
NW...7
SW...5
NC...6 (Custom oga is from Kwara..NC..)
SE....5
SS....5

Nice Peter girigory Obi will change them in 2031 after Shettima

Putinofrussia:
I was thinking he said SW and NW had 12 each...lol
What you posted now...
NW...7
SW...5
NC...6 (Custom oga is from Kwara..NC..)
SE....5
SS....5

Thank you for the correction....they have started already!

Lolz ...they are more consign about Obi not congratulating people from all region

A private citizen o

Putinofrussia:
I was thinking he said SW and NW had 12 each...lol
What you posted now...
NW...7
SW...5
NC...6 (Custom oga is from Kwara..NC..)
SE....5
SS....5

north east how many?

Flathead8:
ANALYSIS: How N/West, S/West Dominating 21 Heads of Military-Security Agencies as S/East, N/Central, S/South Get Only 5 Posts

Of the 21 military, paramilitary and other allied security agencies in the country, only five have persons from the North Central, Southeast and South-South as their Heads, a research analysis by PRNigeria has shown.

They are the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Federal Fire Service (FFS), the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Police Service Commission (PSC), and the Nigerian Navy.

In fact, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, the newly appointed Chief of Naval Staff, CNS, is the only officer from the South East holding any leadership position among the military and security agencies operating in the country.

But the North Central region has Ahmed Abubakar Audi, the Controller General of the NSCDC; and Engr. Jaji Olola Abdulganiyu, the Controller General of the Fire Service.

The North West and the South West, according to the PRNigeria analysis, got the lion’s share of the Heads of the 21 agencies.

No fewer than 12 persons from the two geo-political zones are steering the affairs of various military and security outfits, together with oversight and emergency response agencies.

Those representing the Northwest are seven.

They include the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Maj. Gen. Christopher Musa; the Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Vice Marshall Hassan Abubakar; Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, Haliru Nababa; the Director General of the Department of State Security Service, DSS, Yusuf Magaji Bichi; the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar; the Board Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, CDCFIB, Ja’afaru Ahmed; and the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Ahmed Mustapha Habib.

On the other hand, the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja; Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun; Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola; Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Olufunmileyi Owasanoye, all hail from the South West

The North East, with four of its ‘sons’ piloting the affairs of four security-allied agencies, trails the South West, which has five.

They include Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser, NSA, from Adamawa State; Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, also from Adamawa State; Mr. Abdulkarim Chukkol, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from Borno State; and Dauda Ali Biu, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC.

Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Undiandeye, the newly-appointed Chief of Defence Intelligence, CDI, and Mr. Solomon Arase, Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, are the only South-South Indigenes leading two out of the 21 security-allied agencies identified by PRNigeria.

Meanwhile, PRNigeria reports that 10 out of 21 Security Heads are yet to be confirmed as the substantive helmsmen of the agencies under review in their special report. They are presently working on acting capacities. But the other 11 have long been confirmed by former President Muhammadu Buhari, who appointed them.

Asked if the ‘lopsided’ spread of security agencies’ Heads to the country’s geo-political zones matters in the fight against insecurity, Dr. Araka Okolieaboh, a Strategic Trend Analyst and Energy Security Consultant begged to disagree.

Notwithstanding the composition of the recent appointments of security chiefs based on religion, tribe, and region, Okolieaboh, who is also a Research Fellow in Defence and Strategic Studies at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, maintained that the strategic importance of merit should be first considered.

Dr. Okolieaboh however, said: “I am not surprised that the North-West region got the highest number which I attribute to her long-time involvement in mainstream politics and her strategic implantation plans to maintain the top have always given her leverage over other regions, also considering her size and population as well as her interest in those areas of service delivery is a good explanation why they should get that number.

“Politics from my observation is all about who gets what, when, and how, for the South-East that got the lowest, one can also view that from the lens of political participation, our survey indicates that young men from the South East region will rather go in for entrepreneurship and other private sector engagement rather than serve for twenty-five years before getting to the peak of their careers if you check the number of applications into the Nigerian Police Forces from the region between 2019 and 2022.

“It is also important to note that any regime will want to work with those whose inclinations and interests are geared towards nation-building and national security stability. While the numbers of appointments that went to the South-West and the North East are expected from our trend analysis and historical dialectics however, the North-Central and the South-South have often been considered based on availability and political participation”.

No one cares, they should stop the killings going on in the North Central and South west

Buhari really did us something
The police,Army and Customs have just been moved from the North b
Before that they had everything almost
Army ,police,Airforce,Custom,Immigration civil defence DSS,Prisons Civil Defence,NIA

Seems a relatively balanced composition comparable to the all encaste nepotic distribution during the Buhari’s era.

helinues:
He who poured water on ground must match the wet ground.

There can never be a food for the lazy ass..

You people are so useless in Nigeria. Very very useless human beings that are just wasting our precious God-given oxygen that should be breathed by sensible people. For Reals.

With this kind of Animal thought pattern you displayed, which reasonable investor will put money in Nigeria knowing it will implode at anytime?

So if I didnt support your party, I cannot benefit from the largese of my nation? Are you mad boy?

WesternPanzer:


You people are so useless in Nigeria. Very very useless human beings that are just wasting oxygen that should be breathed by sensible people. I cannot fathom the reason why God keeps on creating anything he likes. Anyways, he is the alpha and omega!

With this kind of Animal thought pattern you displayed, which reasonable investor will put money in Nigeria knowing it will implode at anytime?

So if I didnt support your party, I cannot benefit from the largese of my nation? Are you mad boy?

wail quietly Biko

WesternPanzer:


You people are so useless in Nigeria. Very very useless human beings that are just wasting oxygen that should be breathed by sensible people. I cannot fathom the reason why God keeps on creating anything he likes. Anyways, he is the alpha and omega!

With this kind of Animal thought pattern you displayed, which reasonable investor will put money in Nigeria knowing it will implode at anytime?

So if I didnt support your party, I cannot benefit from the largese of my nation? Are you mad boy?

God is creating anything he likes...with this kind of statement credited to God,do you think you deserve extra moments on earth self.the person you quoted get sense pass you in all ramifications.

WesternPanzer:


You people are so useless in Nigeria. Very very useless human beings that are just wasting our precious God-given oxygen that should be breathed by sensible people. For Reals.

With this kind of Animal thought pattern you displayed, which reasonable investor will put money in Nigeria knowing it will implode at anytime?

So if I didnt support your party, I cannot benefit from the largese of my nation? Are you mad boy?

Stop wailing on my mentions

WesternPanzer:


You people are so useless in Nigeria. Very very useless human beings that are just wasting our precious God-given oxygen that should be breathed by sensible people. For Reals.

With this kind of Animal thought pattern you displayed, which reasonable investor will put money in Nigeria knowing it will implode at anytime?

So if I didnt support your party, I cannot benefit from the largese of my nation? Are you mad boy?

That fellow thought pattern is something else. I have never encountered such a human being is my entire life

Bobloco:


That fellow thought pattern is something else. I have never encountered such a human being is my entire life

These are lowlives that have nothing going for them. This is one of them on nairaland who was found out to be a gateman somewhere in Abuja.

Putinofrussia:
I was thinking he said SW and NW had 12 each...lol
What you posted now...
NW...7
SW...5
NC...6 (Custom oga is from Kwara..NC..)
SE....5
SS....5

Yet the Flathead8 made it look as though both SW and NW had 12 slots each.


Flathead8 is just a fake news marchant.

SE...........1
SS............2
NW...........7
SW.............6
NE..............4
NC...............4

Who are those 5 from SE and SS?

Putinofrussia:
I was thinking he said SW and NW had 12 each...lol
What you posted now...
NW...7
SW...5
NC...6 (Custom oga is from Kwara..NC..)
SE....5
SS....5