Tukur Buratai, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) has said his vision was to have a professional and responsive army fitting into constitutional roles.
He said that the vision was to ensure natural connection between the ends, the ways and the means of battling insecurity as the army continues in safeguarding the nation’s territorial integrity.
“In order to maintain such pride, I have laid structures for effective leadership and personnel management because the army must strive to remain as an institution of authority.
“It is to create responsibilities, provide direction, inspiration, vision and communicate same to personnel at all times,” he said.
“In so doing, we are avowed to remain firmly apolitical in order to always find ourselves in a good stead to defend our constitution by providing the needed security environment for the survival of democracy,’’
“Typical examples of the pillars of professionalism and responsiveness are the exercises that the army has been conducting in the established crisis areas in the country,” he said.
“On my appointment, therefore, I was naturally confronted with the urgent need to institute workable measures aimed at reversing this ugly trend.
“This is with a view of repositioning the theatre to begin a positive drive towards winning victory against the Boko Haram terrorists,” Buratai said.
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