WHO BECOMES NIGERIA'S NEXT CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF?

WHO BECOMES NIGERIA'S NEXT CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF?

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU,LAGOS,NIGERIA..

The questions nopw on an average Nigerian lips and even a serious public affairs commentator is that they are simply asking who will step into the positions of the service chiefs  in the Nigerian Armed Forces  ,especially the office of the Chief of Army Staff of the Nigerian Army.

In a world exclusive chat with the War Room and De fence Strategic Desk of the E.N.M. Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria ,an impeachable source has declared emphatically that the "long and short " of the recent spate of Boko Haram inspired attacks in the North Eastern parts of Nigeria was that the  entire Armed Forces high Command was now obviously compromised  as this could no longer be denied.

He wondered why highly sensitive military information always find themselves in the domains of the enemy at all times if there were no moles in the military.

He explained that in his study of military politics,The  Training and Doctrine Command or Directorate [TRADOC]which ought to explain the army doctrines to officers and men have either failed to or they have being rejected.

He also pointed out that one other reasons why TRADOC was not having a bearing on the force could be the most likeliest reasons:The Army has being infiltrated by the enemy .

The source found it strange that an incident of that magnitude took place at Metele village of Guzamala Local Government Area of Bornu State of Nigeria and he nations flags were not flying at half mast.

The source added that the pitfalls of the General Tukur Buratai's administration is his inability to retain his major field commanders at a station for at least six months in terms of duration of national service as he keeps juggling them thus creating a lack of cohesion for the military.

The War Room and De fence Strategic Desk of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos, Nigeria urge The President: Muhammadu Buhari to  go ahead and use the wiretap technology on the terrorists and place an effective drone regime on their hide outs so that they can be  finally deactivated.

A.U:TRANS AFRICAN SUPER HIGHWAY BADLY NEEDED

A.U:TRANS AFRICAN SUPER HIGHWAY BADLY NEEDED

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU,LAGOS,NIGERIA

 A rail track that will link the over 50 African nations save for the Islands of the likes of Comoros ,Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius ,Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe  is now believed to be in high demand  if Africa's urge to fight for a chunk of global industrialization is to be taken seriously by analysts..

Checks by The News office Desk of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria ,shows that the project when it will come on stream should help to propel the African continent positively on the ladder of growth as  far as industrialization was concerned..

An impeccable source and a public affairs analyst  recently jolted this reporter's consciousness to the impact this kind of project can have on the continent of Africa when he pointed out that if nations on the West coast were connected by rail tracks ,he was 100 percent sure that a journey from Lagos to Abidjan should not be more than 4 hours as against 48 hours by road presently.

The source also insisted that it was because of this type of railway accessibility in Eastern Africa  that has now made the economies  of states like Kenya,Tanzania,Uganda and Ethiopia to be ranked among st the fastest growing globally by the famous Breton Woods sisters.

In a related issue,yet another source also told this reporter that he did not see how the  African Union [A.U.]could make the nations to come together for such a huge project because of France.

He accused  France of severe culpability  in several affairs of its old colonies thus helping to impoverish Africa.

He insisted France's assimilation policy was skewed into favoring the former.

His words:"France has not being good to Africa  in terms of her developments ,they have refused to lay off her old colonies despite the fact that they were supposed to be independent"

"imagine they will sell exports on their behalf to other nations in the European Union and other places and instead of allowing them to do things themselves  they will still deduct from the eventual sales  that they make on their behalf to form their own revenue base"

The source affirmed that except if the African Union prevailed on development partners like The World Bank group,The International Monetary Fund [I.M.F.]The African Development Bank [A.D.B]among st others ,the projects may likely not see the light of the day at all.

The source added that it was France's behind the scene moves on Africa that helped nipped in the bud the planned single West African single currency by the Economic Community of West African States [E.C.O.W.A.S] as a case study to buttress his line of argument due to its preferred currency ,C.F.A

It is a known fact that in between 5 to 10 hours duration ,the entire European Union can be criss- crossed from as far as the English Channel to Siberia and this is because of the excellent transport systems  available to most of the nations.

According to the encyclopedia Britannica dictionary of 1768,the development of railways is one of the greatest landmarks of the 19th century ,construction of the first railways on the African continent started in 1952 in Egypt specifically between Alexandria and Cairo  .

Reports are abound of people living with their immediate family members in Liverpool ,The United Kingdom  and yet commute by rail to London everyday due to excellence in the field of transportation.

Football and Sports executive:Sunday Oliseh at some point in his football playing career was living in Belgium with his wife and children  but yet went to Cologne and Borussia Dortmund just across the border in Germany every morning for training ,playing of matches  among st other reasons.

All of this in good times too ,however the million dollar question remains when Africa can benefit from this type of initiative?