President Bola Tinubu on Monday rose from a maiden meeting with the newly appointed security chiefs with a clarion call on them
to work as one indivisible team and deliver on their mandates.
He also assured the Chief of Defence Staff, service chief , Inspector-General of Police and othe top military brass of his support in delivering the onerous tasks ahead of them.
The President gave the charge when he met with the new managers of the nation’s security architecture for the first time, as a team, at the State House, Abuja.
The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who disclosed the President’s directives to newsmen after the meeting, also gave the team’s commitment to ensure Nigeria’s peace and stability are restored and Nigerians get their lives back.
Ribadu said besides visiting the President to thank him for giving them the opportunity to serve the nation, they also received instructions on what the President expects of them.
He said: “We’re here to thank Mr President for the opportunity he gave us to serve our country and to serve his own government. We also pledged our loyalty to him, Nigeria and Nigerians. We believe the choice he made is the right one, the correct one, and we know what he wants for this country.
“We’re going to work tirelessly to ensure that we accomplish that objective of securing our country, establishing peace, stability and let’s get our lives back.
“He gave us the assurance that he’s with us hundred percent. He told us that we must work as a team and that there’s work to be done, he’ll expect us to deliver and we’re grateful for the opportunity. That’s why we are here”.
Asked what they are bringing to the job, the NSA said though it is a big task ahead of the new team, he said “it is going to be done, insha Allah”.
On where the team’s starting point will be, Ribadu said “where we are today and you can see already things are improving in our country. If you see the record of crimes and activities of criminals are going down, it will continue to go down.
“We’ll secure this place. Nigerians have seen the quality of the people that are given opportunity, they are probably some of the best we have and they are not going to fail you, they’ll certainly deliver”, he assured.
The meeting was the first since President Tinubu approved the appointment of the new set of security managers on June 19, 2023.
Ribadu, led the team to the meeting which was also attended by the Acting Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Musa; Acting Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja; Acting Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla; Acting Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar; the Chief of Defense Intelligence, Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye; and the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
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