Linus Aleke in Abuja
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has reaffirmed the Nigerian Army’s dedication to strengthening African-led defence partnerships to fight terrorism, violent extremism and different transnational safety threats undermining peace and stability throughout the continent.
The COAS made this identified throughout a courtesy go to to the Chief of Defence Staff of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), General Mubarakh Muganga, in Kigali, the Republic of Rwanda. The go to fashioned a part of his ongoing official working go to geared toward deepening bilateral army cooperation and advancing collective safety initiatives.
Lieutenant General Shaibu additionally underscored the significance of recent army coaching, skilled army schooling and cadet trade programmes in creating combat-ready, adaptable and interoperable armed forces.
According to a press release by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Appolonia Anele, the COAS made this name throughout a go to to the Rwanda Military Academy (RMA), Gako, as a part of his official working go to to Rwanda.
Colonel Anele mentioned the engagement highlighted the crucial for African nations to take larger duty for addressing shared safety challenges by way of sustained army cooperation, intelligence-sharing, joint capability improvement and coordinated responses to rising threats.
Lieutenant General Shaibu emphasised the strategic significance of strengthening military-to-military relations, significantly in counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, skilled army schooling and the trade of operational experiences.
He mentioned these areas of cooperation have been essential to enhancing interoperability, operational readiness and the capability of African armed forces to confront more and more complicated and interconnected safety threats.
The COAS recommended the Academy’s coaching requirements, self-discipline and professionalism, significantly the tactical proficiency demonstrated throughout a Special Forces show.
He pressured that evolving safety threats demanded modern coaching, sound management and operational adaptability, noting that skilled army schooling remained important to producing competent officers able to working successfully in complicated safety environments.
Lieutenant General Shaibu urged the Academy’s management to arrange for the arrival of the primary batch of Nigerian officer cadets underneath the proposed trade programme.
He advocated leveraging the experiences of each nations in counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency to counterpoint army coaching, strengthen operational planning and improve interoperability in addressing shared safety challenges.
Earlier, the consultant of the Commandant, Brigadier General Bukenya, mentioned the Academy developed skilled army leaders by way of rigorous coaching in army ways, management, self-discipline and bodily health.
He added that its programmes geared up cadets with important expertise in peace help operations, operational planning and logistics administration.
Brigadier General Bukenya welcomed the proposed coaching partnership, reaffirming the Academy’s dedication to strengthening army schooling and defence cooperation between Nigeria and Rwanda.
The go to strengthened the Nigerian Army’s drive to reinforce skilled coaching, deepen army partnerships and put together future commanders for the calls for of recent warfare and regional safety.
It additional underscored the significance of African-led safety options anchored in mutual belief, shared experience and collective duty. The engagement additionally highlighted the necessity for stronger defence collaboration amongst African nations to stop terrorist and legal networks from exploiting nationwide borders and regional safety vulnerabilities.
The engagement aligns with the Nigerian Army’s dedication to strategic defence cooperation and the broader goal of constructing a safer, steady and resilient African continent by way of sustainable, African-led safety partnerships.
