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| CDS, General Irabor feeding questions from Newsmen after meeting with Retired officers in North West |
By Olayemi Esan
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, is currently holding an interactive meeting with retired senior military officers from the North-West region.
The meeting, which is taking place at the 1 Division Officers’ Mess in Kaduna, is targeted at looking for ways to explore the knowledge and experiences of the retired military officers to address security challenges confronting the nation.
Irabor said: “The reason why we engage the retired military officers is because they live among the people we are protecting, and because they live among the people, they will be able to get more information from those they live with. We are hopeful that as we engaged with them, there will be input that will be very useful to us, and at the end of the day, we will have a better security environment, and every life and property will be protected and we will have a secured environment
"Considering their wealth of experience and knowledge, some countries keep their retired military officers permanently on reserve. Unlike these nations, Nigeria has no institutional framework for the productive engagement of retired military personnel, particularly the senior officers", he added.
He said the forum will similarly hold in other parts of the as the military seeks to leverage on the experience of its former officers to address the problem and keep the country safe.
