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Ben Lion Heart Vanguard, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has asked President Bola Tinubu to appoint Abdulrahman Dambazau, a former chief of army staff, as minister of defence.

In a statement on Monday, Ben William, a retired air force officer and coordinator of the NGO, said Dambazau has the capacity to serve as defence minister because of his military background.

William said the various public offices the former minister has held, remain points of reference for good and exemplary leadership.

“The former minister of interior created a situation room for the coordination activities of all security and public safety agencies, for a seamless response to emergencies, anywhere they may arise,” he said.

“Another footprint was that he led the US-Nigeria Security Sector Initiatives for the reforms of the security sector in response to emergencies, defence procurements, and activities in the north-east.

“Beside these, he developed the idea of establishing the institute of domestic security for the strategic training of senior officers in the security agencies.

“For Dambazau, national security was a critical stabilizing factor for national development, thus, to allow for easy national security, he proposed the idea of production of passports in Nigeria rather than overseas to make passports cheaper for Nigerians and also protect the database.”