The 25 – man Implementation and Advisory Committee for the Reform of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces of Nigeria have submitted its report to Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd).
The committee, led by former Chief of Army Staff, Major General Alwali Kazir, submitted a total of 72 recommendations for the reform of the Defence Ministry and Armed Forces of Nigeria.
Receiving the report, General Magashi thanked them for total adherence to the convening order that culminated into a big volume of workable document.
The Ministry assured that the recommendations “will be carefully perused and doggedly pursued as catalyst towards achieving the end state of improved service delivery and performance in the defence and security sector.”
Chairman of the Committee, General Kazir, said the 72 recommendations emanated from wide consultations with stakeholders, which took them seventy-five days of brainstorming on the gamunt areas requiring reforms in the military sector.
General Kazir placed it on record that members of the committee gave their very best by deploying their very rich experiences patriotically in the discharge of their national assignments without any atom of consideration for any pecuniary benefits.
This according to the former Chief of Army Staff, gave birth to the uninfluenced and unbiased recommendations that will expectedly and expediously impact on the national aspiration for improved security architecture.
He therefore thanked the Minister for the opportunity to chair a committee comprising of carefully selected serving and retired senior military officers and top technocrats.
The committee was inaugurated by the Minister of Defence on 28th September 2021 in fulfilling his promise to reposition the sector to meet contemporary internationally acceptable standard and best practice.