Ben Lion Heart Vanguard, a non governmental Organization has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to consider the former Minister of Interior and Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General, Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd), in his cabinet as minister of Defence.
The body, in a press statement, described General Danbazzau (rtd) as an officer whose loyalty to the nation, constitution and national security has remained impeccable.
The Group suggested that General Dambazzau would provide professional oversight on security as he will harnesses the military resources he understands very well, to stabilize Nigeria internally and otherwise.
The statement signed by Mr. Ben Williams, a retired air force officer and security consultant, said, Nigeria needs a patriot at this time to carry out purposeful security oversight with surgical precision to ensure the safety of Nigerians and their property.
He argued that this has consistently featured in the period of service across various commands of the former minister of interior while serving in the military.
According to Williams, General Danbazzau’s positive impact in the various command and public offices he held have remained a footprint of reference in good and exemplary leadership and he did not perform less as minister of interior in institutional/public administration.
Williams said, for example, the former minister of interior created a situation room for the coordination activities of all security and public safety agencies, for a seamless response to emergencies, anywhere they may arise.
“Another footprint was that he led the US-Nigeria Security Sector Initiatives for the reforms of the security sector in response to emergencies, defence procurements, and activities in the northeast.
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“Beside these he developed the idea of establishing the institute of domestic security for the strategic training of senior officers in the security agencies.
For Dambazzau, national security was a critical stabilizing factor for national development, thus, to allow for easy national security, he proposed the idea of production of passports in Nigeria rather than overseas to make passports cheaper for Nigerians and also protect the database.”
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