The Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya says the Nigerian Army has developed knowledge-based approaches other than kinetic to addressing the nation’s security challenges.
He stated this while inaugurating the Strategic Management and Policy Studies Course 4, SMPSC4 of the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, NARC in Abuja.
Yahaya noted that security, which in itself had expanded beyond the old state-centric dimension to now cover all human endeavours was a major factor for the course.
The Army Chief explained that the programme which both professional and academic oriented individual can undertake is, therefore, designed to examine security through other lenses rather than the pure kinetic engagement which most of the participants are used to.
According to him, at different levels of activities, policy provides the basic statement of what government intends doing.
On his part, the Director-General, NARC, retired Major General Garba Wahab, said the course was specifically tailored towards the non-kinetic issues of employment, reduction in poverty and interpretation of government policies. He also announced that the participants would be prepared to be better positioned to assist the government in addressing the various challenges ranging from insecurity to poverty.
