Banditry: FG to deploy military retirees to secure ungoverned areas

FG to deploy

The Federal Government has announced plans to deploy military retirees to help secure Nigeria’s ungoverned spaces, as part of broader efforts to strengthen national security and stimulate economic activities in conflict-affected areas. The initiative follows the inauguration of an 18-member committee by the Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (rtd), charged with reclaiming ungoverned spaces for economic viability and repositioning the ‘Nigerian Legion Corps of Commissionaires and Veterans’. The committee was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Abuja.  A statement issued yesterday by the Ministry’s Deputy…

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