Army vows to increase officers’ knowledge base, enhance capacity

Authorities of the Nigerian Army, yesterday vowed to increase the existing knowledge base of officers, enhance their capacity and finetune management skills in line with global best practices. It also disclosed that it would strengthen its officers’ mess and suites that offer subsidized accommodation and recreation guests and personnel of the force. The Chief of […]

Authorities of the Nigerian Army, yesterday vowed to increase the existing knowledge base of officers, enhance their capacity and finetune management skills in line with global best practices.

It also disclosed that it would strengthen its officers’ mess and suites that offer subsidized accommodation and recreation guests and personnel of the force.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, stated this in Abuja at the Army Headquarters Department of Special Duties and Programmes annual stakeholders’ conference.

Daily Trust reports that the conference was themed: “Conforming to World-Class Managment Standards for Sustainable Nigerian Army Hospitality Business”.

Speaking during the opening session of the event, Shaibu revealed that Army Officers’ Mess and Suites exist in eight locations across the country.

Shaibu, who was represented by the Chief of Logistics (Army), Maj.-Gen. Adekunle Adeyinka, noted that there is a need for the land force to have hospitality assets.

He said, “We are here to set the ball rolling on this annual event which offers the Department of Special Duties and Programmes a unique avenue to enhance capacity, increase the existing knowledge base and fine-tune management skills in line with global best practices.”

On his part, the Chief of Special Services and Programmes, Maj.-Gen. Aminu Garba, urged the participants in the conference to maximise the opportunity.

Earlier at the National Defence College (NDC), the army chief rolled out a comprehensive, intelligence-driven strategy to tackle terrorism, banditry, cybercrime, and other asymmetric threats.

While pledging to protect lives, property, and national infrastructure, Shaibu said the evolving security landscape requires a “dynamic, technology-enabled and multi-domain” approach.

His lecture at the NDC Course 34 was entitled “Combating Asymmetric Threats to National Security in Nigeria: The Nigerian Army in Perspective.”

The army chief added that the nature of conflict has shifted from traditional state wars to complex intra-state crises dominated by non-state actors.