President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday explained the rationale behind his appointment of new Service Chiefs for the Armed Forces and National Security Adviser, saying they were chosen based on merit.
The president, who made this known while addressing the new military chiefs shortly after their appointments, also charged them to rebuild the battered image of the Nigerian Armed Forces and the nation.
“All of you, including the National Security Adviser, were chosen on merit”, the President was quoted in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, as saying.
“Your records gave you the job. Save for the new Chief of Army Staff whom I briefly met at his Command at the Multi-National Joint Task Force, in Chad, I don’t know any of you. Your records recommended you”, he added.