Words, words, and more words!

One thing he forgot before giving Nigerians this assurance is that he was the immediate past Chief of Air Staff. In that position, he was in the security committee of the federation. He had all the opportunity to come up with various strategies to combat the insurgents at such security meetings. He also was in […]

One thing he forgot before giving Nigerians this assurance is that he was the immediate past Chief of Air Staff. In that position, he was in the security committee of the federation. He had all the opportunity to come up with various strategies to combat the insurgents at such security meetings. He also was in command of the Air Force that is fully engaged in the battle against the insurgents. It is based on this I feel the new CDS needs to tell Nigerians what he intends to do now that he did not do while he was Air Chief.  Why April, why not immediately he assumes duty at his new post owing to the fact that he is not new to the terrain?  But his assurance should go beyond words; we have heard so much of them in the past from his predecessors, former Inspector General of Police Hafiz Ringim; even Mr President himself also gave similar assurances in the past, but the situation hasn’t been better since then. It’s my hope that this present assurance made by new CDS that the activities of the Boko Haram insurgents will come to an end by April will be translated into actions. Action, they say, speaks louder than words.

Halilu Hassan, Kaduna<[email protected]>;