The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor says the Armed Forces of Nigeria, AFN, is advancing society approach towards addressing national security.
The CDS made this known at a two-day Youth and Security Summit themed, “Building Trust for an Improved Security Response in Nigeria, in Abuja.
General Irabor said, for the AFN to sustain progress as part of the larger architecture addressing security challenges, the military is currently advancing the whole-of-society approach as a means of solving the numerous challenges.
According to him, Nigerian youths as a segment of the Nigeria population, can play a pivotal role in advancing the course of national security.
The CDS noted that engaging the youths is practically making them to become part and parcel of the fabric of stability of the society towards enhancing national security and identified freedom from dangers and threats to the country’s ability to defend, develop and promote its core values, and legitimate interests as well as enhance wellbeing of its citizens as components of national security.
Speaking, one of the organizers of the programme, Mr Umar Abdulmalik, said the summit is a series of programmes aimed at engaging youths on security conversations through collaboration with security agencies.
The Youth and Security Summit was attended by senior officers from the military, security agencies and paramilitary organizations.
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