BY SHITTA SOFIYAT
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the need for synergy among the armed forces in the country, in other to quickly end the prevailing insecurity in the land.
Buhari spoke when he received the new chief of army staff, Major-gen. Farouk Yahaya, who was formally presented to president Buhari by the minister of defense, major-gen. Bashir Magashi, at the presidential villa, in Abuja.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria security and civil defense corps has unveiled its new female squad to complement efforts of other squads, especially in schools by protecting life and property.
Commandant-general of Nigeria security and civil defense corps Dr. Ahmed Audi, described the squad as a child of necessity to meet growing security challenges and to cater for the recent government proposed safe school initiative.
Speaking at the public unveiling of the female squad yesterday in Abuja, Audi said the agency was bold to express readiness to confront kidnapping and other criminal activities within and around schools.
SOURCE- THE GUARDIAN
