President Bola Tinubu acknowledges that Nigerians are in the worst circumstances they have been in since the civil war years but asserts that the nation will triumph against the enemies threatening its peace and security.
The pledge was given by Mr. Tinubu, who was accompanied by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, during the DIA Headquarters’ inauguration on Thursday in Abuja.
The president stated that the steadfast dedication of the Nigerian Armed Forces and intelligence services, including as the DSS, NIA, and, of course, the DIA, was the foundation of his confidence.
“You have all shown me beyond a shadow of a doubt that your duty is to serve and protect this country,” he declared.
The president said that he had prioritized the mission of protecting every square inch of the nation, but he added that he had no intention of carrying out the sacred obligation. He emphasized that the DIA, which mainly supplies intelligence to the armed services and the defense ministry, was a crucial organization in the nation’s security architecture.
“Our nation is plagued by a myriad of security challenges across the six geopolitical zones of the entire nation,” stated Mr. Tinubu. With the exception of the civil war years 1967–1970, which lasted from when our country gained its independence around 64 years ago, we have never faced as many threats as we do now.
We confront economic and digital challenges in addition to physical ones. We virtually always use the armed forces to support civil authorities in our effort to counter physical threats.
“Our military will be able to know the location of the enemies and their game plans thanks to artificial intelligence, which is one of the other threats you will have to deal with behind your computers.”
According to Mr. Tinubu, the government’s concerted efforts to guarantee the DIA’s overall improvement—which was instituted in 1986—were no accident.
However, in order to increase the agency’s and the armed forces’ productivity while carrying out their duties, Mr. Tinubu pledged to maintain the agency’s temporary welfare, training, and other administrative and logistical requirements.
He felt that an intelligence organization that was both congenial and well-equipped would have a beneficial effect on gathering, processing, and timely delivery of intelligence to the various branches of the military.
(NAN)