The Tinubu government has undergone changes and reforms... President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has started making modifications and improvements to...
The Tinubu government has undergone changes and reforms...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has started making modifications and improvements to his leadership structure since taking office.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and the head of the Anti-Corruption Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, were suspended as a result of President Tinubu's changes to the ministries aimed at reviving the economy and improving the lives of the poor. The DSS is already looking into these allegations.
To increase the security of the nation, President Tinubu ordered all security officers to retire and be replaced by fresh recruits this week. Usman Baba, the current Inspector General of Police, has also been replaced.
In the position of NSA, Tinubu has taken Nuhu Ribadu's post. He was chosen last week to serve as the president's special adviser on security matters.
The appointments were detailed in a statement that Willie Bassey, the director of information in the federal government's office, signed. Hameed Ali, the Customs Comptroller General, has also been replaced.
Major General C.G. Musa, a native of Kaduna State in Nigeria's north-west, took over as the country's new chief of defence staff in place of General Lucky Irabor, while Major General T. A. Lagbaja, a native of Osun State in the southwest, took over as the country's new chief of army staff in place of Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya.
Rear Admiral E. A. Ogalla from Inugu State in the South-East Region replaced Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo as the Chief of Naval Staff, and Air Vice Marshal H. B. Abubakar from Kano State in the North-West Region replaced Air Marshal Oladayo Amao as the Chief of Air Staff.
The Defence Intelligence Agency will now be led by Major General EPA Undiandeye, according to President Tinubu's announcement. Major General S.A. Adebayo was succeeded by him.
On the other side, Usman Baba has been replaced as the Acting Inspector General of Police by Kayode Egbetokun, the Deputy Inspector General of Police for the South West Zone, and Adeniyi Adewale has been named as the Acting Inspector General of Police. Customs' Comptroller General.
According to the declaration, the appointment of the heads of security, the Inspector General of Police, and the Comptrollers of Customs shall continue until they are confirmed in accordance with Nigeria's constitution.
The appointment of Lieutenant Colonel Moshood Abiodun Yusuf as the commander of the 7th Battalion in Asokoro in Abuja and Lieutenant Colonel Auwalu Baba Inuwa as the commander of the 177th Battalion in Keffi in Nasarawa State by President Tinubu was also approved.
Lieutenant Colonel Olumide A. Akingbesote is the commander of the 176th battalion in Gwagwalada, Abuja, and Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed J. Abdulkarim is in charge of the 102nd battalion in Suleja, Niger State.
The appointment of some military officers to the presidential palace also received the president's approval.
They are Major TS Adeola as the commander of the government house's weapons and Lieutenant A. Aminu as the second commander in charge of the government house's weapons. Major Isa Farouk Audu is the commanding officer of the government house. Captain Kazeem Olalekan Sunmonu is the second commanding general of the government house. Major Kamaru Koyejo Hamzat is the commanding officer of the presidential military intelligence.
In addition, Tinubu named Senator Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel as a special assistant in the Senate affairs department and Hon. Olarewaju Kunle Ibrahim as a special assistant for House of Representatives affairs. He also named Hadiza Bala Usman as a special adviser on planning, Hannatu Musa Musawa as a special adviser on economic and cultural affairs, and Senator Hadiza Bala Usman as a special adviser on planning.
General Lucky Irabor is anticipated to be succeeded by Major General Christopher Gwabin Musa of the Nigerian Army Defence Academy, who was born on December 25, 1967, in Sokoto State in the North West.
Musa, who hails from the southern Kaduna local government of Zangon Kataf, attended both basic and secondary school in Sokoto.
When the military was in charge of the nation, the Chief of Army Staff enrolled at the NDA military academy in 1986 and underwent five years of military training there.
He received his commission as a second lieutenant in the National Army, one of the toughest divisions in the Nigerian Army, in September 1991.
Prior to his current position, he was reassigned to 'Operation Hadin Kai's' north-east combined force commander position in 2021.
Major General T, the new commander of the army