The
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Gabriel Olonisakin has inaugurated
a 10-member committee to study the doctrines and procedures of the
military and come up with workable plans to renew the Armed Forces of
Nigeria (AFN).
The
committee which has until 16 November to submit its reports is expected
to identify real and urgent measures and recommend short, medium and
long term reforms needed to reinvigorate AFN’s professionalism. The
committee’s suggestions would be used to enhance Nigerian military’s
performance in the current security challenges in the country,
especially, in the North East.
Terms
of reference include; to re-appraise previous AFN’s transformation
activities and suggest options for realistic reforms, to determine ways
of improving on operational efficiency in the services, to examine ways
of fostering mission-oriented training in the armed forces.
Others
are to evaluate the foreign courses that are currently attended by AFN
personnel and suggest ways of ensuring that such courses tally with
desired milestones, consider measures for improving on troops adherence
to Law of Armed Conflicts in Internal Security and Peace Support
Operations, determine impediments to effective logistics support and
recommend the way forward, identify current constabulary engagements of
the AFN that could be relinquished to the Nigerian Police and other
paramilitary organizations, examine ways of fostering value orientation
of service personnel through nationalism and the promotion of services’
core values, and suggest ways of improving on career planning in the
AFN.
The
Committee will also take a critical look at personnel welfare,
civil-military relations, policy formulation and implementation, media
operations, participation in UN/AU/ECOWAS missions, personnel spouses
and barrack youths, plights of ex-service men, career review and
national development.
The
Committee which may also consider other matters that may result in
reforms that would reinvigorate the AFN, is empowered to seek inputs
from the Service Headquarters, serving and retired senior officers,
relevant MDAs and other stakeholders to enrich its recommendations.
Group Captain Wap Maigida
for Acting Director Defence Information
for Acting Director Defence Information
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