Tinubu in Meeting with Service Chiefs Ahead Departure for G-20 Summit

Tinubu in Meeting with Service Chiefs Ahead Departure for G-20 Summit

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday met with the Minister of Defense, Abubakar Badaru, the Minister of State for Defense, Bello Matawalle, as well as the nation’s military leadership, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The meeting, the first after President Tinubu decorated the Chief of Defense Staff and the service chiefs, which was held behind closed doors, lasted less than an hour and its details were however not available to journalists.

In attendance were the Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa; the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja; the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla; and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar.

The meeting came ahead of the president’s trip to New Delhi, India for the G20 Leadership Summit in New Delhi, India.

It would be recalled that meetings like this usually feed the president on the general security situation in the country, including a review of areas where they (service chiefs) need to double effort as well as tie loose ends and close gaps.

Tinubu  later in the day proceed to New Delhi, India, to attend the G-20 Leaders Summit on the special invitation of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

On the sidelines of the Summit, the President will participate in and deliver keynote addresses at both the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and the Nigeria-India Business Conference.

President Tinubu aims to leverage this platform to attract global capital and promote increased foreign direct investments in key labour-intensive sectors of Nigeria’s economy for job creation and revenue expansion.

He would also use the opportunity to highlight Nigeria’s attractiveness as an investment destination, cross-sectoral reform plan.

By PRNigeria