President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday tasked the new heads of the nation’s armed forces to restore peace and order to all the troubled areas before the rainy season begins to enable farmers get to work in their farms without fear of attack.
To achieve this, directed them to deploy competent officers and men to the theatres of gunfight in order to dominate the public space and give confidence to the citizenry.
”You get a few weeks to do that because by the rainy season we expect farmers would develop enough confidence to go back to their farmlands to produce enough food for the nation.
“I urge you to identify your competent officers and men, irrespective of their seniority or paper qualifications and deploy them to make sure we secure the country”, Buhari said while decorating the new armed forces service chiefs with their elevated ranks.
At the ceremony which performed at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, was decorated with the rank of a four-star General, while Army Chief, Maj-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru was decorated with the rank of Lieutenant General.
Also, the Chief of Navy Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo, moved a step up to Vice-Admiral and the Air Chief, Air Vice-Marshal Isiaka Amao became Air Marshal.
