By MarkAnthony Nze
On countless times, the Nigerian military leadership under the All Progressives Congress (APC) thus far has clearly shown that it is collectively a body of incompetent fellows who were in the first instance appointed Generals, given the exalted positions based on the quota system of Nigeria’s government appointment or nepotism, and not particularly on merit.
The maladministration of APC which has brought untold hardship to the masses of Nigeria has further wrecked the security structure of the country with the sort of incompetent military leadership it parades, who ostensibly are the pride of the country.
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Basically, Nigeria parades the following incompetent fellows or politicians as service chiefs currently (in subsequent paragraphs, you would realise why they are being addressed as politicians); Minister of Defence – Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (Rtd), Chief of Defence Staff – General Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief of Army Staff – Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff – Rear Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas, Chief of Air Staff – Air Marshall Abubakar Sadique, National Security Adviser – Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) – Mr. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Inspector General of Police – Mr. Mohammed Adamu, Director General of Department for State Service (DSS) – Yusuf Magaji Bichi.
The above named persons were supposedly appointed by the presidency to ascertain adequate security in the country, and duly maintained with tax payers money but regrettably, their efforts are in no way commiserate to the jumbo remuneration packages they have been enjoying from the largesse of the country’s polity.
Their efforts towards security are as worthless as that of the presidency that appointed them into their various offices in the first place, and if it were in saner climes, they would either have been sacked a long time ago and replaced with competent individuals who would do their duties passionately with encouraging results or resigned honourably, since they have failed woefully just like their principal that appointed them to tackle insecurity in the country.