The Nigerian Military has mentioned that the a lack of the Important of Military Team of workers, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has no longer created any management vacuum throughout the provider.
The Military defined that Lagbaja is on respectable drop, and essential protocols were installed park for the Important of Coverage and Plans (Military), Main Common Abdulsalami Ibrahim, to behave by and for the COAS all over his absence.
In a remark on Saturday, the Director of Military Society Members of the family, Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, emphasized that Lagbaja’s absence isn’t affecting the operations of the provider.
He mentioned, “There have even been insinuations that there’s a management vacuum, with officials puzzled about what to do. Not anything may well be farther from the reality.
“To be very unclouded, the Nigerian Military is a extremely structured established order with well-laid-out procedures and processes for coping with other instances. Ahead of continuing on drop, essential protocols had been installed park for the Important of Coverage and Plans (Military), Main Common Abdulsalami Bagudu Ibrahim, to behave by and for the COAS past he used to be away.
“This is not peculiar to the NA, as there have been instances where unforeseen human frailty kept service chiefs away for about three months, and their Chiefs of Policy and Plans held sway in their absence. Claims of a leadership vacuum in the NA at present are therefore mere speculation, as all routine and scheduled activities of the service are on course.”
Explaining that promotions for officials have no longer been stalled by way of the COAS’s absence, Onyema added that the result of the Captain-to-Main promotion examination were absolved following the goodwill of the Important of Coverage and Plans.
He mentioned, “Certainly, in sequence with its Forecast of Occasions for 2024, the Nigerian Military just lately performed the Captain-to-Main Sensible Promotion Exam in Akure. Therefore, and in sequence with extant procedures, the Commander of Coaching and Doctrine Command, Main Common Kevin Aligbe, introduced the consequences nearest due authorisation by way of the Important of Coverage and Plans (Military), who lately represents the Important of Military Team of workers all over his absence on drop and clinical check-up in another country. Moreover, the Grasp Warrant Officer to Military Warrant Officer Promotion Workout is lately ongoing in Jos.
“This follows a similar exercise held for Warrant Officer to Master Warrant Officer (WO-MWO) in Kaduna. The results of these exercises are expected to be released in the coming days, pending final reconciliation between the respective Corps and the Army Headquarters Department of Personnel Management.”
Additionally, opposite to the insinuation that the COAS’s absence because of his drop has brought about undue delays within the shed of the WO-MWO promotion workout effects, Onyema clarified that it hasn’t ever been the observe for the COAS to individually signal postings or promotions for officials and infantrymen within the Nigerian Military.
“The suitable departmental chiefs carry out those purposes automatically.
Those Departmental Chiefs, demonstrating their i’m sure loyalty, are totally wearing out their tasks in sequence with the COAS Command Philosophy.
“The Army Headquarters, therefore, enjoins the general public to remain confident in the NA and be assured that the service remains on top of the security situation in the country and is ever ready to defend Nigeria against any aggression on its land territory,” he added.