Insecurity: Military Short-Staffed, Needs To Recruit 1m — Ex-Defence Minister

Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN), a former Defence Minister has stated the Nigerian Military is short-staffed and at present overtasked with the duty of curbing insecurity.

According to him, the military needs to recruit no lesser than 1 million additional personnel to effectively tackle the insecurity situation of the country.

Kayode said this at his country home at Ikaram, Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo state, the former Defence Minister noted that recruitment into the Nigerian Armed Forces should be democratised to allow easy recruitment of more personnel.

“The military is already overtasked and they are short-staffed. We know this and the government knows this. I knew this when I was there and I tried in my own way to suggest how this should be done. Let us democratise recruitment into Nigeria military services.”

Adetokunbo said security challenges have continued to linger because the same approach was repeated over the years.  He urged the government to change tactics in tackling various security challenges in the country.

The former minister said the current security challenges have been building up for years, adding that a report by the United States’ intelligence team in 2011 predicted it to happen in 2030, if certain measures were not taken.

He also noted that it’s wrong to have more officers than recruit in the Nigerian Armed Forces.

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