Gen Olukolade quits as FOSSRA Chairman
The retiring Director of Defence Information and Chairman of
Forum of Spokespersons of Security and Response Agencies, FOSSRA, Major General
Chris Olukolade, has handed over leadership of FOSSRA to the Director of
Information, Nigeria Navy, Commodore Kabiru Aliyu.
At the monthly meeting of the forum held Thursday at the
Centre for Crisis Communication, CCC, Abuja, General Olukolade formally
informed his colleagues about his retirement having reached his retirement age.
According to him, he ought to have left the service since
November 2014 when he applied for voluntary retirement but was not obliged by
the Army Council who extended his stay in the service on the grounds that it
was not proper for him to go at that time.
Speaking further, Gen Olukolade thanked members of the forum
and their agencies for the support and understanding they accorded him while he
chaired the forum since its formation in 2013. He also solicited the same
measure of support for his successor while reminding them of the core essence
of the forum which is to deepen the collaboration and understanding among the
security and response agencies in information management and communication.
In his acceptance remark, the new Chairman of the forum,
Commodore Kabiru Aliyu, extolled the sterling leadership qualities of the
retiring General which according to him was the pillar behind the successes
recorded by the forum.
He assured the former Chairman of his determination to carry
on from where he stopped and to even strive to move the forum to another level.
The Executive Secretary of Centre for Crisis Communication,
retired Air Commodore Yusuf Anas also commended General Olukolade for his
positive contributions to national development and crisis communication
strategies in one of the most critical period in Nigeria. He also wished him
well in his future endeavors.
The membership of FOSSRA are the spokespersons of Military,
Security, Intelligence and Response agencies. They represent the Defence
Headquarters, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force, Nigeria Police,
Department of State Service, DSS; National Intelligence Agency, NIA; Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC;
Nigerian Customs Service, Nigerian Immigration Service, Nigerian Prisons
Service, Federal Fire Service, Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC; National
Emergency Management Agency, NEMA and the Office of the National Security
Adviser, ONSA.
Meanwhile as outgoing spokesperson of Defence Headquarters,
Major General Olukolade will next week hand over to Colonel Rabe Abubakar who
has been appointed acting Director Defence Information, DDI.
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