Service Chiefs Must Perform or be Fired, Warns Senate President
President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan on Sunday said the service chiefs must deliver on the security needs of the country or be fired.
Lawan made the statement after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on the security challenges in the country.
The Senate President told newsmen that he was in favour of the security chiefs being given what they need to address security issues in the country but they must sit up or be sacked.
He said that the government needs to give the security chiefs timeline within which to perform or be thrown out.
According to him, “I think we must tell ourselves the truth that the security situation in the country, especially in the northern part of the country, requires that we give much more resources to the security agencies. Those who are heading these agencies, especially the service chiefs, must sit up. If after we provide some support, someone is found short of expectations, he should be shown the way out. This is because the lives of Nigerians are so precious and therefore must be more important than any other consideration.
“I believe that today, the most essential thing in government is to address the security challenges.”
It would be recalled that the Senate had mandated him to meet with the President on the security situation in the country.
Lawan made the statement after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on the security challenges in the country.
The Senate President told newsmen that he was in favour of the security chiefs being given what they need to address security issues in the country but they must sit up or be sacked.
He said that the government needs to give the security chiefs timeline within which to perform or be thrown out.
According to him, “I think we must tell ourselves the truth that the security situation in the country, especially in the northern part of the country, requires that we give much more resources to the security agencies. Those who are heading these agencies, especially the service chiefs, must sit up. If after we provide some support, someone is found short of expectations, he should be shown the way out. This is because the lives of Nigerians are so precious and therefore must be more important than any other consideration.
“I believe that today, the most essential thing in government is to address the security challenges.”
It would be recalled that the Senate had mandated him to meet with the President on the security situation in the country.
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