Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd), the outgoing minister of defense, said that the armed forces achieved over 80 percent success in defying Boko haram/iswap rebels, banditry, and other criminality, as well as returning to normalcy in the fight against oil theft at a valedictory dinner hosted by the permanent secretary, ministry of defense, dr. Ibrahim Abubakar kana.
magashi said, “There is nothing that we have not achieved “I think the president has given us all the tools necessary to help us carry out our duties effectively during this period,” he said. “I think the president has given us all the tools necessary to help us carry out our duties effectively.”
On the working relationship with the Chief of Defence Staff and the service chiefs, he said, “I have come to understand that everything we do requires teamwork and when I joined the ministry, I found that there are lot of things that we were required to do.
