By Chuks Oyema-Aziken
Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar and his counterpart Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammed have commended the harmonious working relationship with Nigerian National Assembly, saying it is a boost to ongoing military operations across the country.
This is disclosed in a press release by Barr. Henshaw Ogubike, Director Information and Public relations, Ministry of Defence.
The ministers said this is exemplified in the oversight function of the House Committee on Defence, which paid a visit to the Ministry of Defence.
Badaru traced the successes recorded in the Ministry of Defence to the harmonious working relationship with the National Assembly.
Reiterating Mr President’s position of eliminating terrorists and insurgents from our society, the Minister said that with the cooperation of the National Assembly in terms of appropriation to the Ministry, the Nigerian Military has recorded tremendous successes in the fight against the various security challenges that have plagued the country especially the cases of banditry, kidnapping, Oil theft and terrorism.
Speaking further, he said that the Ministry will do everything within its power to ensure that the Armed Forces welfare and entitlements are adequately given at the right time saying that it would serve as a motivating factor for them in the ongoing fight against insecurity in the country.
The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar Kana mni presented the context, achievements and challenges of the Ministry.
The Chairman, House Committee on Defence, Honourable Babajimi Benson said that the purpose of the visit was to identify the areas of challenge with the view of assisting the Ministry in actualizing its mandate and also for a better planning strategies for 2024.
