President Muhammadu Buhari on
Thursday at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa inaugurated the Armed Forces
Council.
The inauguration was done as the
president returned to his main office.
A statement by Tukur Gusau,
Public Relations Officer to the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, said the
last Armed Forces Council meeting was held on July 17, 2014.
He said there was the need to
convene the council meeting in order to consider matters of great concern to
the Armed Forces.
Gusau listed the matters
considered for inaugurating the council as including the ratifications of the
National Defence Policy 2017 (Revised), Harmonized Terms and Conditions of
Service Officers 2017 (Revised) and Rstricted Harmonized Terms and Condition of
Service Soldiers/Ratings/Armen 2017 (Revised).
Gusau assured that the
ratification of the documents would enable the Armed Forces to cope “with the
ever changing contemporary security challenges.”
“It would also help to enhance
welfare, command, discipline and administration of the Armed Forces as well as
policy framework governing the conduct of security and defence in Nigeri’, the
officer added.
Prior to his return to his main
office today, Buhari had been working from another because the former was
“infested by rodents while he was away on medical vacation”, according to the
presidency.
The Armed Forces Council,
established by CAP A20 of Laws of the Federation of Nigeria and Section 4 of
the Armed Forces Act is to be responsible, under the general authority of the
president, for command, discipline and administration of and for all other
matters related to the Armed Forces.
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