Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Faruk Yahaya, has urged the military and other security agencies to aggressively synergise to tackle threats to national security.
General Yahaya disclosed this during the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information (NASPRI) 2022 Media Workshop with the theme: “Harnessing Whole of Society Approach to Curb the Menace of Information Disorder: National Security in Perspective”, held at the 81 Division Officers’ Mess, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The COAS, who was represented by the Chief of Staff Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport, Brigadier General Lateef Jimoh, said the 2022 edition of the yearly workshop, was focused on confronting information disorder and misinformation through holistic mobilisation of all social resources against every threat to national security.
According to him, Nigeria is contending with numerous security challenges such as insurgency, banditry, violent separatist agitations, and kidnap for ransom among others.
He reiterated that the ability to surmount these security challenges depend solely on the effective management of information orchestrated by mutual support among various security agencies and other stakeholders in information management.
Also, Commandant NASPRI, Brigadier General Omale Ochagwuba said the objective of the workshop was to create an enabling environment for interactions and cross-fertilisation of ideas by experts on contemporary information management and security to proffer solutions to the menace of information disorder and misinformation, including malicious narratives that constitute threats to national security.
General Ochagwuba, while appreciating the media for its cooperations over the years, however, urged the media to appreciate the COAS for approving funds for finishing construction work at the school’s permanent site in Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment, Giri Abuja.
The workshop was attended by Commander 55 Signal Brigade, Brigadier General Obinna Oshunsan, who represented the General Officer Commanding 81 Division Nigerian Army, among other senior officers.
