ARMED FORCES TO PARTNER NPHCDA ON HEALTHCARE DELIVERY

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has expressed the readiness of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) in sustaining the collaborative healthcare arrangement with the National Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). This, he said is in order to further improve healthcare services for members of the AFN and the nation in general.
The CDS, who made the disclosure during the visit of the management Staff of the agency, said the AFN would continue the partnership given its commitment to ensuring good healthcare system for personnel and their families. He commended NPHCDA for championing the eradication of polio virus and other childhood diseases in the country.
The NPHCDA Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr Faisal Shuaib, said he was at the Defence Headquarters to solicit the support of the military towards ensuring that children in the various areas affected by insecurity are vaccinated against any form of disease, especially the circulating Mutating Polio Virus.
The Executive Director indicated that the NPHCDA and its partners are working to reach security compromised locations in the country so as to halt the scourge. He applauded the CDS for his pragmatic leadership and commended the resilience and gallantry of the members of the AFN, particularly troops in the theatres of operation.

NATIONAL SECURITY: WE ARE ADVANCING WHOLE OF SOCIETY APPROACH GEN IRABOR

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has said the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) is advancing the whole of society approach towards addressing national security. The CDS made this known today 19 January 2022 in Abuja at a 2-day Youth and Security Summit themed, “Building Trust for an Improved Security Response in Nigeria,” organized by Abuja Global Shapers Community (AGSC) in collaboration with Defence Headquarters. Gen Irabor who was the Special Guest of honour at the event, said, for the AFN to sustain progress as part of the larger architecture addressing security challenges, the military is currently advancing the whole-of-society approach as a means of solving these challenges.

According to him, Nigerian youths are segment of the population which could play a pivotal role in advancing the course of national security. The Defence Chief commended AGSC for organizing the summit which seeks to engage the Nigerian youths on issues of national security as well as other intervention targeting the youths to be more focused in building the society. The CDS described the collaborative venture between the AFN and AGSC as  enlightening the participants in order to better understand the roles and responsibilities of the military in surmounting internal and external threats as well as protection of lives and property. In his words, “engaging the youths is practically making them to become part and parcel of the fabric of stability of the society towards enhancing national security.”

Gen Irabor further identified freedom from dangers and threats to nation’s ability to defend and develop, promote its core values, and legitimate interests as well as enhanced wellbeing of its citizens as component of national security. The AGS Hub Curator, Mr Umar Addulmalik, in his welcome address, said the summit was series of programmes being conducted by AGSC aimed at engaging the youths on security conversations through collaboration with security agencies.

According to him, AGSC is at the forefront of this security conversion and initiatives as a result of the evolving security challenges facing the nation. The Youth and Security Summit was attended by senior officers from the military, security agencies and paramilitary organizations. The Minister of Interior was represented at the event.