The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the appointment of a new set of service chiefs which it said would add impetus to the fight against insecurity and other criminal activities threatening the survival of the country.
In a press statement by Ladi Bala, the National President, the Association while welcoming the resignation of the former service chiefs and appointment of new ones by Mr President, expressed the hope that the development is a move towards the total overhauling of the nation’s security architecture with a view to safeguarding the lives of Nigerians.
It further said that more than just replacement of the service chiefs, there is the dire need for the federal government to provide the necessary logistics, weaponry, needed equipment as well as enhance and boost the morale of personnel in the renewed effort towards the fight against insurgency, armed banditry, kidnappings and other related criminal activities confronting the country.
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The Association equally calls on the newly appointed service chiefs to come up with new strategies in contending the raising security challenges that tend to be overshadowing other germane issues of state.
NAWOJ said that it is sad and unhealthy to note that at the centre of all the security crisis bedevilling Nigeria, women are the worse hit, a situation that requires urgent attention that needs to be addressed saying that no nation can develop when the destiny of more than half of its population made up of women and children is under severe threat.
Towards this end, NAWOJ tasks the new service chiefs to bear in mind the expectations of Nigerians thus must live above board in the discharge of their new assigned responsibilities.
The new service chiefs need not be reminded that their appointments came on a heel of an unacceptable spike in criminal activities particularly insurgency, banditry and kidnappings across the country.
NAWOJ said that it looks forward in the coming weeks, a drastic reduction to the barest minimum the general insecurity in the country through innovative and deployment of required actions to guarantee the safety of Nigerians and Nigeria.
NAWOJ also commends the contribution of the immediate past chiefs who put in their best to keep the country from collapse and wishes them a peaceful retirement life after years of meritorious service to the country.
NAWOJ equally appeals to Nigerians to cooperate and give necessary support to the new service chiefs and other security agencies in the effort geared towards winning the war against insecurity in the country.
Nigeria is ours. Let’s protect our fatherland.
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