President Muhammadu Buhari has urged security agencies that would be engaged in different support services in the 2023 general elections to maintain a high sense of professionalism.
Buhari stated this when he inaugurated the newly acquired estate of Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA, in Idu-Karmo, Abuja, on Wednesday.
The president urged the agencies to handle the distribution and monitoring of classified materials and other logistics “professionally and in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.”
While reiterating his earlier order to security agencies to remain apolitical, Buhari said they must stay away from behaviour that could bring disrepute to their organisations and the country “by compromising the democratic process.”
On the newly acquired DIA Estate, Buhari insisted that the befitting accommodation would enhance productivity and coordination of activities of staffers of the agency in view of the increasing number of personnel facing new challenges and responsibilities.
Buhari said: “I’m confident that these new premises will yield enormous shelter dividends to the Defence Intelligence Agency staffers, their families and to the host locality.”
