The Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta Muslim Alumni (MAPAMA) has commended President Bola Tinubu retiring service chiefs, with the aim of reorganising the country’s security architecture, stemming the age-long insecurity.
MAPAMA National President, Prince Taofeek Oyeniyi said that the decision was yet another bold and proactive move by the President. The organisation said the critical decision was well thought0ut and commendable, especially in the “face of lingering, worrisome and seemingly intractable security challenges that have thrived in the land, recording huge loss of lives and property, and setback to social and economic activities.
Oyeniyi wished the retired security chiefs well in their future endeavours and congratulated the newly appointed ones in their new national assignments.
MAPAMA however said the new security chiefs should realise that the expectations of Nigerians from them are very high, and should therefore replicate the same spirit of national cohesion that informed their appointment by the President. The group said: No excuse! All what Nigerians want is action and good results”!
It tasked the new security chiefs to prove their mettles, justify their appointments and convince Nigerians that they are worthy and deserved to be assigned such sensitive and strategic roles.
Oyeniyi said that the new appointees should come up with a unified security intelligence, which would pave the way for effective and efficient collaborations among the security agencies to conquer insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, herders/farmers clashes, ritual killings and militancy.
However, on the part of government, Oyeniyi noted poor performance has been linked to poor funding to acquire modern security equipment; logistics; poor salaries as well as lack of adequate incentives to boost the morale of men in the theatre of ‘war’.
Oyeniyi called on President Tinubu to look critically into the funding and manner of investing on empowering all the security agencies and their personnel, with a view to stamp out the alleged sharp practices, all forms of misconducts and ultimately improve the working conditions of our security men.
