President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday
decorated the new Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Ibrahim; the Chief
of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba; and the Chief of Air Staff,
Air Marshall Alex Badeh, with a marching order to deal decisively with
terrorism and oil theft.
President Jonathan, who decorated the new military chiefs with the assistance of Vice-President Namadi Sambo at the Council Chambers of State House, Abuja, said they must put an end to both vices.
President Jonathan, who decorated the new military chiefs with the assistance of Vice-President Namadi Sambo at the Council Chambers of State House, Abuja, said they must put an end to both vices.
“I will like to use this forum to specially charge you to raise the
many security challenges confronting our nation today, the president
said.
“More specifically the Chief of Naval Staff along with his officers and men have the honourable responsibility of up scaling security in our territorial waters. The unacceptable rising incidences of crude theft must be tackled frontally. Even the direct adverse implication of the activities of crude oil theft on our national economy, I expect the Chief of Naval Staff and other serving Chiefs to immediately go to work to urgently bring the issue of crude oil theft to an end.
“May I further reiterate that the security of life and properties in all parts of this country is a sacred obligation which our administration will do everything in its power to live up to. We can’t allow threat to National Security to compromise our National transformation effort.
“More specifically the Chief of Naval Staff along with his officers and men have the honourable responsibility of up scaling security in our territorial waters. The unacceptable rising incidences of crude theft must be tackled frontally. Even the direct adverse implication of the activities of crude oil theft on our national economy, I expect the Chief of Naval Staff and other serving Chiefs to immediately go to work to urgently bring the issue of crude oil theft to an end.
“May I further reiterate that the security of life and properties in all parts of this country is a sacred obligation which our administration will do everything in its power to live up to. We can’t allow threat to National Security to compromise our National transformation effort.