It is the President That Can Change Security Chiefs-NSA to Buhari
It is no doubt that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not happy with the country’s s security chiefs.
President Buhari met with the security chiefs yesterday in the Presidential Villa, to discuss the state of insecurity in the country.
The NSA was asked if there is any likelihood of changes in the leadership of the security team, he said it was a decision to be solely made by the President.
”These are issues that only the President can address. I am just an adviser. It is up to Mr President; he has the prerogative to make any change at whatever time he deems fit. Remember, he is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and he is the one ultimately who will take this kind of executive decision,” the NSA said.
On why he, as the NSA, who was supposed to coordinate the security agencies was finding it difficult to do so, he said there was a lot of flexibilities and overlapping in the handling of security issues.
He said: “There’s a lot of flexibilities, a lot of issues of overlapping and interlocking responsibilities.
For the office of the National Security Adviser, its mandate remains the same as before.
“This again is a decision that only the President can streamline because as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, he may deem it necessary to allocate certain tasks and responsibilities to certain organizations, even outside defense and security.”
Ayooluwa Joshua