Bashiru Abdul Mohammed, Special Adviser on Public Communications to Hon (Elder) Leke Joseph Abejide, two-term serving House of Representatives member, representing Yagba East/West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency of Kogi State, at the National Assembly has extended heartfelt congratulations to Major General Waidi Shaibu on his appointment as Chief of Army Staff (COAS), the highest position in Nigeria’s Army.
In a statement, Bashiru described the appointment as “well-deserving” and “a right peg in a right hole”, noting that the timing couldn’t be more apt given Nigeria’s current security challenges. “There wouldn’t have been any better time than now,” he said, as the nation grapples with escalating insecurity.
Bashiru highlighted Maj Gen Shaibu’s vast expertise and professionalism, garnered from decades of local and international operational experiences, as invaluable assets in combating banditry and other insurgencies threatening national peace, integration, and development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Extolling President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision, Bashiru praised the selection of Maj Gen Waidi Shaibu, notably hailing from his maternal hometown – the Ojá-ma-je clan of Etutekpe community, Olamaboro, Kogi State. “In this cumbersome territorial task, I am convinced of your strength, wisdom, and courage to steering the nation towards greater security and prosperity,” Bashiru affirmed.
