Tinubu holds first security meeting with service chiefs, IGP

Tinubu holds first security meeting with service chiefs, IGP

 The President, Bola Tinubu, is currently meeting the Service
Chiefs led by the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, at the State
House, Abuja.

 

Tinubu who arrived at the Villa at 10:53am on Thursday went
straight into a closed-door session with the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen.
Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo; the Chief of Air
Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao and the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba.

 

Thursday’s meeting is the President first official
engagement with the security helmsmen since assuming office on Monday.

 

Although the meeting’s agenda is not yet public, the meeting
may feature briefings from each security chief to. keep the President abreast
with the state of the nation’s security.

 

In his inaugural address on Monday, Tinubu had promised
Nigerians that security would be top priority for his administration.

 

He said “Security shall be the top priority of our
administration because neither prosperity nor justice can prevail amidst
insecurity and violence.

 

“To effectively tackle this menace, we shall reform both our
security DOCTRINE and its ARCHITECTURE.

 

“We shall invest more in our security personnel, and this
means more than an increase in number. We shall provide, better training,
equipment, pay and firepower.”

 

On Wednesday, Tinubu received in
audience the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
Abdulrasheed Bawa and Peng Qinghua, the Special Envoy of the Chinese President,
Xi Jinping and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s
Congress.

 

On Tuesday, he met the Vice President, Kashim Shettima,
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Governor of the
Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele; Group CEO of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mele Kyari, amongst others.

Source: Tinubu holds first security meeting with service chiefs, IGP

 - NigerianEye
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