Views: Visits 5 Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida(retd), IBB. …Says he gives advice to FG but doesn’t make noise about it …IBB wasting his time advising Buhari Afenifere …We’re solidly behind IBB on this ACF …No amount of weapons, without review of security infrastructure, will resolve insecurity Ohanaeze …IBB’s call good, but… CAN By Anayo Okoli, Regional Editor, South-East, Clifford Ndujihe, Luminous Jannamike, Ibrahim HassanWuyo & Davies Iheamnachor Former military President, Gen.Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, has expressed concern over the state of insecurity in Nigeria, asking the Federal Government to urgently equip the military with modern arms and training to adequately confront the problem.
Insecurity: Military needs new weapons, training — IBB vanguardngr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vanguardngr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Deji Elumoye
The Senate Thursday summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; the Director General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze; and the Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt. General Attahiru Ibrahim, to appear before it next Tuesday for proper briefing about financial releases since 2019 to the Nigerian military to fight security problems in the country.
The invitees are to appear before the Senate Committee on Army to explain details of the funds so far released to the Nigerian Army to fight insurgency, banditry and other forms of insecurity, from 2019 till date.
The Chairman of the committee, Senator Ali Ndume, stated this during a meeting with top officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance.
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has urged the Military to fight bandits in the North-West and part of the North-Central of the country, simultaneously.
Masari urges military to fight bandits in North-West, North-Central simultaneously vanguardngr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vanguardngr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.