New NSA, Service Chiefs, CCC Harps On Inter-agency Collaboration
The Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has said gthat the decision by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to inject the expected fresh bloods into the ‘theatre of war’ to help fight Nigeria’s insecurity with the appointments of new National Security Adviser and Service Chiefs is apt.
It also said that the new NSA and Service Chiefs are truly among the few brilliant senior officers in Nigeria that have paid their dues, hence their appointment by the President to take over from where their predecessors stopped.
The CCC with the mandate to engage in crisis information and communication management, expressed delight over the appointment of the NSA and a new set of Service Chiefs and the Inspector General of Police by President Tinubu.
It noted that the new Service Chiefs will be taking over from a set of accomplished and high-flying military officers that were led by General Leo Irabor, who were retired by the President.
A statement by the Executive Secretary of the CCC, Air Commodore Yusuf Anas (rtd), saluted the ingenuity of President Tinubu, who ensured that the appointees reflected Nigeria’s ethno-religious diversity, and geographical spread, without sacrificing competence.
It noted that it was the first time, in recent years, that a majority of the appointees were not adherents of a particular religious faith, and ethnic leaning.
According to Anas; “No doubt the appointment shows how sensitive Mr. President is to issues that can polarize Nigerian citizens. To this end, it is pertinent to say that the new NSA, Service Chiefs and IGP should see their appointments as a call to serve.
“They have been selected at this critical period of the country’s evolution, to help foster national security. They must do all they can to ensure they do not betray the trust and confidence of the Commander-in-Chief and teeming Nigerians, who believe in their unrivaled capacities, to deliver.
“There is the need for them to boost the harmonious relationship, already existing between their services,” he said.
The CCC also urged the new security chiefs to reinvigorate the synergy and inter-agency collaboration as well as sustain same with other paramilitary and security agencies, for the benefits of Nigerians.
The Centre stressed that it was fundamental that the security chiefs prioritize strategic communication of the current security challenges, while also engaging in the timely analysis of discreet security information.
It further said; “Above all, they must strive to introduce administrative policies and programmes that will tackle Nigeria’s insecurity conundrum headlong”.
The CCC particularly expressed delight for the career elevations of Deputy Inspector General of Police, Frank Mba, and Acting Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs, Wale Bashir Adeniyi, who were founding members of the Forum of the Spokesperson of Security and Response Agencies, (FOSSRA), which was established in 2015, to among other things, provide a systematic approach to crisis information management to strategic stakeholders and the general public.
