President Buhari today rejected the proposed rotation of the Commander
of the Multi National Joint Task Force, a team of military officers
drawn from Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria with the main objective of
fighting against Boko Haram in the region. While addressing heads of
government from these countries in Abuja this morning, Buhari said the
rotation of the head of the commander of the MNJTF will undermine the
capacity the military capacity to sustain the push against the
insurgents.
He advised that Maj.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (Nigerian), who is currently
heading the team should be allowed to remain as the commander for the
period of the war
"While I agree that this is a joint operation with shared
responsibilities, I am, however, of the opinion that military operations
that are subjected to rapid turnover of command and control structures,
six months duration, as it is being proposed in the documents before
us, do not augur well for effectiveness and efficiency. Such a process
will undermine, even if it not intended, the military capacity to
sustain the push against the insurgents, who also have the uncanny
ability to adapt and rejig their operational strategies. I am inclined,
on account of the above, to suggest for your excellencies’ consideration
that Nigeria retains the position of the Force Commander of the MNJTF
for the period of the war effort.
This command will be to the effectiveness of military strategy, since
Nigeria will be providing the bulk of the troops and the main theater of
the war is on Nigerian soil.” he said
He promised to redeem Nigeria's pledge of $100m for the re-launch of the
Multinational Joint Task Force which will be based in the Chadian
capital, N'Djamena.
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