By Akinwale Kasali
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has urged the new Service Chiefs to be more proactive, determined and ready to serve as is expected of them. He asked them to take the fight to the insurgents and bandits.
He made the remark shortly after the Senate confirmed the Service Chiefs during plenary.
Confirmed were Major General Lucky Irabor as Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru as Chief of Army Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo and Air Vice Marshal Oladayo Amao, as the Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of the Air Staff
Presiding over the plenary, the Senate President commended the new appointees, saying there were so many calls for the replacement of the former Service Chiefs.
Senator Lawan called for inter-agency cooperation among the security agencies and asked the Nigerian Army and Nigeria Air Force to take the lead in the fight against crime.
“We are in a very serious situation. The security situation must be improved, and the buck is now going to stop on their table as far as operations are concerned.
“We in the Senate will continue to support our Armed Forces in whatever way is possible. With this, I wish them all the success and we promise them and indeed Nigerians that we will support them in whatever way that its possible,” he said.
