“All of you were chosen on merit” | What Buhari told the new Service Chiefs

  President Muhammadu Buhari has informed the newly-appointed service chiefs and the National Security Adviser that they were chosen based on their sterling records.

The President was quoted to have implored the new appointees to show great commitment to their new roles, while calling on them to help him rebuild the reputation of the Armed Forces and the nation.

Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu, said Buhari made the call while addressing the new service chiefs shortly after their appointments were announced.

He said, “All of you, including the National Security Adviser, were chosen on merit. Your records gave you the job.  

“Save for the new Chief of Army Staff, whom I briefly met at his Command at the Multi-National Joint Task Force, in Chad, I don’t know any of you.  Your records recommended you.

courtesy of: Linda Ikeji

“Legally, you are in acting capacity until the National Assembly accepts you. It is only then that you will take the oath of office.  Thereafter, we will sit down and talk in more detail.”