Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
A delegation of the French military, yesterday, met with Nigeria’s top military brass to explore ways of strengthening ties in order to contain the challenge of insecurity in the North-east and Lake Chad basin.
The meeting was also convened to seek ways of exploring options of capacitating the military establishment.
This comes as the National Defence College (NDC), yesterday, commenced a one-week course on defence and security management for middle cadre officers in the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
The course is designed to dissect the national defence policy and national security strategy with a view to understanding their impact in dealing with the security problems confronting the nation.
Nigeria is collaborating with neighbouring French speaking countries under the auspices of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) where France has considerable influence.
Speaking at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, Director, International…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
