The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya, has been urged to kick the ground running with his wealth of experience in the several formations he has led.
Speaking to reporters in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, residents called for his expertise especially with the high security challenges facing the nation.
Following the unfortunate death of the former Chief of Army Staff, Late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Major General Yahaya to fill in the vacuum created by the late Army Chief.
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Some social affairs commentators in Yenagoa want the new Chief of Army Staff to keep the flag flying by ensuring that insurgency in the North-East and other parts of the country becomes a thing of the past.
They said that the flight to win the war against banditry, kidnapping, and herdsmen attack is a collective effort, therefore, he should carry all officers and men along in terms of welfare, intelligence gathering, and the purchase of 21st-century equipment.
Until his appointment as the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Yahaya was the theater Commander of the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency military outfit in the North East.