At the meeting, the president charged them to be patriotic, and serve the country well.
His words:
“We’re in a state of emergency. Be patriotic, serve the country well, as your loyalty is to the country.”
The President congratulated the Service Chiefs on heading their various services, adding:
“There’s nothing I can tell you about the service because you are in it. I was also in it, and I will pray for you. I also assure you that whatever I can do as Commander-in-Chief will be done, so that the people will appreciate your efforts.
“You know the stage we were in 2015, you know the stage we are now, and the undertakings we made. We promised to secure the country, revive the economy, and fight corruption. None has been easy, but we have certainly made progress.”
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has hailed the outgoing Service Chiefs for their contributions to the development of the country.
Governor Zulum on Tuesday noted that the Service Chiefs helped in the fight against insurgency and acknowledged their efforts in the growth of the nation at large.
“This is something that normally happens in a government; they have been with us in the past 4 to six years and I think they have contributed their quota to the development of the nation.
A file photo of Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum. Photo: [email protected]
“The Chief of Army staff and the Air Chief, both of Northeast extraction served gallantly and deserved commendations”, he added.
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By Kingsley Omonobi
The General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Major General Olu Irefin, has died of complications from COVID-19.
The GOC was attending the annual Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja before he took ill and died.
General Irefin’s death came at a time former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021.