Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai dropped a bombshell
yesterday – the setback in the war against terror is caused by troops’
lack of commitment.
Speaking against the backdrop of the security challenges in the
country, especially the Boko Haram terrorists’ activities in the
Northeast, Gen. Buratai lamented the “apathy” amongst the younger
generation in the military.
The chief’s remarks came barely four days after an insurgent attack
on a market in Mandari community, Konduga Local Government Area, Bormo
State, claimed 30 lives.
Besides, the COAS said those on the frontlines were displaying insufficient willingness to perform assigned tasks.
Lt.-Gen Buratai spoke at the opening of a “Transformational
leadership workshop”, organised by the Army Headquarters Department of
Transformation and Innovation at the Army Resource Centre, Asokoro,
Abuja.
Describing the development as “unfortunate”, Lt.-Gen Buratai,
however, said the theme of the workshop was apt as it would draw
attention to areas that need to be addressed for professionalism,
patriotism and national enthusiasm.
The workshop, he noted, has been clearly and explicitly designed to
teach/preach transformational leadership values to the next generation
of NA leaders (officers and soldiers).
Gen. Buratai said: “It would also establish a platform for subsequent
mentoring of participants after the workshop, hence the theme has been
aptly chosen as ‘lead, follow or get out of the way”.
“It is unfortunate, but the truth is that almost every setback the
Nigerian Army has had in our operations in recent times can be traced to
insufficient willingness to perform assigned tasks or simply
insufficient commitment to a common national/military course by those at
the frontlines.
“Many of those on whom the responsibility for physical actions
against the adversary squarely falls are yet to fully take ownership of
our common national or service cause.
“I, therefore, believe that the transformational leadership workshops
will again remind and clarify to participants what our President and
Commander-in-Chief meant by ‘this generation and indeed, future
generations of Nigerians have no other country but Nigeria, we must
remain here and salvage it together”.
“The President’s exhortation, though about 35 years old, is still
relevant today given, as we see in some cases that apathy has even
increased amongst the younger generations.”
Gen. Buratai recalled that the Army has “had good success over the years in the grooming of military leaders”.
“This is evident in the many successes that the NA has achieved in
our operations and the high performance of our personnel (both
officers/soldiers) in international/multinational operations or other
military duties.
“And this is the reason why I have always ensured that the promotion
of NA personnel is essentially based on professional considerations
only. But we all know that professional capacity is not a sufficient
condition to succeed in a task; willingness to perform the task is
equally necessary,” the chief said.
He said the workshop would add impetus to the various efforts being
put in place for the military to perform optimally in all assigned
responsibilities.
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