{"id":13788,"date":"2023-06-01T14:37:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T14:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=13788"},"modified":"2023-06-01T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T14:37:44","slug":"tinubu-holds-first-security-meeting-with-service-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=13788","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Holds First Security Meeting With Service Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The President, Bola Tinubu, is currently meeting the Service Chiefs led by the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, at the State House, Abuja.<\/p>\n

Tinubu who arrived at the Villa at 10:53am on Thursday went straight into a closed-door session with the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao and the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thursday\u2019s meeting is the President first official engagement with the security helmsmen since assuming office on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the meeting\u2019s agenda is not yet public, the meeting may feature briefings from each security chief to. keep the President abreast with the state of the nation\u2019s security.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his inaugural address on Monday, Tinubu had promised Nigerians that security would be top priority for his administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He said \u201cSecurity shall be the top priority of our administration because neither prosperity nor justice can prevail amidst insecurity and violence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTo effectively tackle this menace, we shall reform both our security DOCTRINE and its ARCHITECTURE.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe shall invest more in our security personnel, and this means more than an increase in number. We shall provide, better training, equipment, pay and firepower.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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