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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday, restated that the military would not allow itself to be used by some interest groups to truncate democratic governance in the country.

Lagbaja stated this in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State while speaking during the opening ceremony of the COAS Combined 2nd and 3rd Quarters Conference on Tuesday.

While noting that such a call for a military takeover was coming from young Nigerians, who had never experienced the era of Nigeria’s extensive military rule, the COAS said the Nigerian Army was not ready to lose the “new prestige” it has painstakingly built in the past 25 years by truncating the nation’s democratic rule.

Describing the recent nationwide hunger protest or #EndBadgovernance InNigeria protest as an eye-opener, the COAS said a lesson to take away was that food insecurity and hunger in the country could snowball into a major crisis.

He said, “Another pertinent issue that came up during the recent protest is the call for undemocratic intervention in governance by the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Although one can say this was coming from young Nigerians who never experienced the era of Nigeria’s extensive military rule and the concerted struggle by heroes and heroines of our current democratic dispensation to get the Nation on its current path, as the Chief of Army Staff, my simple response to the call is, ‘Thanks, but no thanks!’

“The Nigerian Army will not allow itself to be used to undemocratically sail some interests to power. As the service that received the most image bashing as a fallout of previous military interventions in Nigeria, the Nigerian Army is not poised to lose the new prestige it has painstakingly built in the past 25 years, secure and united.”

Lagbaja said that following the lesson taken from the recent hunger protest, the Armed Forces would not only focus on physical security and the defence of the nation but would also pay attention to food and social security issues.

He said though the situation that led to the protest seemed to have settled, the Nigerian Army understood that the issue of food security was among the factors that led to the protest, pledging the Army’s resolve to wade in through the review of its agricultural policy.

He said the Nigerian Army troops currently provide security cover for farmers in critical farming communities in the North-East, North-West, and North Central zones so as to prevent the devastating consequences of stopping food production in those regions on the entire country’s food supply chain.

“The Nigerian Army will, in the coming days, review its agricultural policy to better position the Nigerian Army Farms and Ranches Limited to significantly boost crop production so that the Army can release grains into the market at a highly subsidised rate in support of government efforts.

“Furthermore, the Army Headquarters is reviewing some proposals for partnerships with ministries, departments, and agencies of government and reputable private organisations on how best to collaborate to resolve food crisis in the country,” the COAS stated.

Lagbaja noted that the Nigerian Army and its sister services had continued to receive support from the government at both the national and sub-national levels, as shown in the recent purchase of two BELL UH-1 Huey helicopters equipped with advanced sensors and enablers to conduct a range of missions, including reconnaissance, surveillance, logistics, and medical evacuation, among other functions for the Nigerian Army.

He disclosed that the Nigerian Army had acquired other combat enablers, such as Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, rifles, and ammunition, to strengthen their operations and security across the country, noting that the giant strides the Army had made so far were not unconnected with the cooperations of sister security agencies, national and sub-national governments.

The COAS stressed that the welfare of widows and family members of fallen heroes remained on course.

The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, who declared the conference open, expressed happiness that the conference was held in Akwa Ibom and commended the COAS for the “purposeful direction he has given to Nigerian Army towards meeting its constitutional responsibility,” noting that the Army was constantly innovating, deepening its competence and professionalism.

Eno, therefore, pledged the state government’s readiness to lend all necessary support to enable the establishment of the proposed Army base in the state as well as other logistics.


https://punchng.com/youths-clamouring-for-coup-didnt-experience-military-rule-coas/

No DNA Needed
Baba Werey Pelu OMO Werey

Goat Cannot Give Birth to a Lion

Anything Snake Born , Must Long

Is Their Any Crime in Nigeria That The Nigeria Police Have Not Committed?

Robbery
Rape
Kidnapping
Murder
Fraud
Rituals Killing
Harassment
Terrorist
Bandits
Thuggery
Obtaining
Bullying
Drug Dealing
Oil Bunkery
Militancy

Main while Obaseki Just Recently Collected Billions of Naira As Loan Less than 3 Months to His Exit of Off

You go dey Whine Aboki Mai Shai

This NED is One The Living & Active Senator Alive in the Green Chamber

All Yoruba Speaking State is Suppose to Be on That Dirtiest State List

It Can't be Rema, Sure Victony Did

So What FG is Trying to Say Is That Benin, Togo Universities Issues Bread Labels As Certificate ,
Ok See What Nigeria Graduate Wrote

Maybe Tinubu is Acting on Very High Intelligent Reports

Spiritual prostitution James 4:4.

Adeboye is a tribalistic man so are many of them that claimed to be GOs including the one I was attending his church in Nigeria then. I don't see them as honest people, they're hypocritical in favour of their tribal person weather the person is good or bad, they don't care.

He Should Sack EFCC Boss

Something is Not Right Here

President Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi is the new Director-General of the DSS. Hausas Are Leaving, Yorubas Are Replacing Them

Muslim/Muslim Ticket

Aboki Never See Anything
This is Just the Beginning

First NIA
Now DSS . Something is not right Here

Something is Fishy that we don't know about.

NIA, Now SSS, Hmmm Something is Not Right Here.

"Northerners "

The director-general of the State Security Service, Yusuf Bichi, has prepared to tender his resignation to President Bola Tinubu on Monday.

Insiders at the Yellow House told DAILY NIGERIAN that the outgoing DG returned to the office this afternoon and announced the development to his close aides.

Sources said the president may name a replacement from one of the serving assistant directors.

Mr Bichi was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on September 14, 2018 to replace Matthew Seiyefa, who served in acting capacity.

On Saturday, his National Intelligence Agency, counterpart, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, tendered his resignation to the president.



https://dailynigerian.com/exclusive-sss-set-resign/?feed_id=11355&_unique_id=66cca682ef33c

This old man should retire. That’s all I have to say about him. It is becoming really annoying hearing these shameful rhetorics. What nonsense is this? Religion is not our problem, bad leadership is. Wicked politicians are pushing him to talk all these religious nonsense!

Hope you see yourself for Meeting tonight?

This Urgently Needed in Nigeria

8,000 churches have been shut down by the Rwandan Government because of noise pollution and exploiting the church members money.

So Politicians Can Die Too.


Valar Morghilis

The state’s Commissioner of Information and Internal Security, Usman Tar, confirmed Ahmed’s death in a statement.

Borno State Commissioner of Finance, Ahmed Ali Ahmed, died on Monday at his house on Damboa Road in Maiduguri, the state capital.

Sources familiar with the matter said the commissioner’s room door was forced open after it was observed that his usual time of waking up had passed without any sign of him.

The state’s Commissioner of Information and Internal Security, Usman Tar, confirmed Ahmed’s death in a statement.

Tar said the burial of the late commissioner would take place at his residence on Monday evening, according to Islamic rites.

Sworn in on August 10, 2024, Ahmed was before then the State Zonal Manager of Zenith Bank in Maiduguri.

Governor Babagana Zulum has since his second term inauguration in May 2023 lost two commissioners and a special adviser.



https://www.channelstv.com/2024/08/26/borno-finance-commissioner-ahmed-is-dead/

He should Give Us Examples of Countries That Used 'Spiritual Solutions' to Solve Bad Governance

This Man Can Never Stay in His State, Always Looking For Where to Twerk

He Is Talking From Personal Experience & Encounter

Remember Adeboye went to ex- Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello who is now on the run after stealing over N80bn and encouraged him telling him he's a man of Faith.

Adeboye tells people anyone not paying his tithes will not go to heaven full stop. Nigerians should be wary of false preachers like him who the Bible says are after filthy lucres and deceitful gains making merchandise of the gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Please Elders of Yorubaland should take this man inside and give him some piece of advise. Instead disgracing elders on social media all the time.
Nigeria problem never needed spiritual solution during GEJ administration.

Abeg Who is This One?

Tntsi:
The pastor is half right .

Pst Lamba , I Think He is Trying to Whine Tinubu, So That Tinubu Can Give Him Money to Do Fasting On Behalf of Nigeria .

They Are Washing & Setting Pastors, Pulpit BANDITs

Globad:
As a spiritual man yourself, why not just solve the problem spiritually?

You don't need our permission to do so