Mr. Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN), former Defence Minister says Nigeria needs to recruit one million personnel into its Armed Forces for it tackles insecurity across the country.
Speaking at his Ikaram Akoko country home, the former Defence Minister noted that recruitment into the Nigerian Armed Forces should be democratised to allow easy recruitment of more personnel.
“The military is already overtasked and they are short-staffed. We know this and the government knows this. I knew this when I was there and I tried in my own way to suggest how this should be done. Let us democratise recruitment into Nigeria military services.”
“The military was already overburdened and short-staffed, said security challenges have continued to linger because the same approach was repeated over the years.”
“The current security challenges have been building up for years, adding that a report by the United States’ intelligence team in 2011 predicted it to happen in 2030 if certain measures were not taken,” Adetokunbo said.
The former Minister called for the recruitment of more youths into the Nigerian Army, stressed that it was wrong to have more officers than recruits in the Army.
He urged the government to change tactics in tackling various security challenges in the country.
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