President Muhammad Buhari said on Tuesday that the military will be transformed into a force of global reckoning by training, networking, and equipping.
He spoke in Abuja at the commissioning of a nationwide secure defense headquarters communications network, given 2 projects, phase one.
He encouraged officers to continue giving their best to the nation, saying that the government will continue to excel at meeting the needs of the armed forces by implementing appropriate measures to improve their status.
The Giwa 2 initiative, he said, would provide real-time Communication and incident reporting to the armed forces and other security agencies, as well as Information Exchange.
He directed the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy to collaborate and support the Defence Headquarters in the project, which could impact Rural Telephony.