David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi
state, has rejected the call for sack of the service chiefs.
Citing the rising insecurity in
the country, the national assembly had asked the president to fire the service
chiefs if they refuse to resign.
But speaking in Abakaliki,
capital of Ebonyi on Friday, Umahi sais the military is in need of more funds.
He said the service chiefs are
committed to defending the territorial integrity of the country.
Umahi spoke during the
groundbreaking ceremony of Nigerian Army Reference Hospital.
“I want to disagree with the
National Assembly in my own view about the change of service chiefs. One thing
I have realised is that we like change too much in this country. We want
everybody to taste every seat,” he said.
“That is not what we need at this
critical time of our security challenges. What we need is cooperation with the
security agencies.
“Without undermining the former
inspectors general, this Inspector General is a very different human being. He
is a very stubborn man but stubborn to the policies and law of the land. And
that is the person this country needs. The Chief of Army staff is also a very
committed person. Very friendly to the civil society.”
Umahi said what the service
chiefs require at the moment is more information from the populace and
increased funding and logistics support from the government.
He said sacking the service
chiefs now may derail the fight against insurgency and criminality as their
successors may take some time learning the ropes.
“So what these people need is cooperation,
information. It is difficult for people to do anything without information,” he
said.
“This is very important. And at
this stage even when you change, whoever you bring is going to learn the ropes.
And I believe that whatever decisions the service chiefs are not taking by them
alone they are taken by also the senior officers.
“So I will be suggesting to Mr
President in support of his retaining the service chiefs that we should
increase their funding of the armed forces, we should increase their logistics,
we should increase the programme that will bring information to the security
agencies.
“So I support Mr President that
instead of changing the service chiefs to rather increase their funding and
increase the frequency of his meetings with them. And also encourage civil
society to come up with information that will assist the security agencies.”
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