Buratai Thanks Buhari For Confidence, Becomes NAOSRE Grand Patron

<p><em>Buratai thanks President Buhari<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai&comma; ret’d&comma; the immediate past Chief of Army Staff&comma; is now Grand Patron of the National Association of Online Security Reporters&comma; NAOSRE&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a brief ceremony on March 11 at the Army Resource Centre&comma; Asokoro&comma; Abuja&comma; where the President of the online media association&comma; Mr&period; Femi Oyewale presented a plaque of honour to the Ambassador Designate&comma; Buratai thanked the association’s leaders and members for considering him for such enviable position&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He re emphasized the importance he attached to the media in nation building and stressed his commitment to always co operate with the media&comma; in any way possible&comma; for a better and safer Nigeria&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He urged NAOSRE not to relent in its patriotic efforts at promoting unity and harmony between citizens and security operatives through professional and unbiased reportage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I thank NAOSRE leadership and members for being here today to involve me as the association’s Grand Patron for a better and safer Nigeria&period; The unity and peaceful co existence of our dear country is what I have always worked for&period; I will continue to support anything that will make Nigeria safe and secured even outside office as Chief of Army Staff&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I also want to use this opportunity to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for the confidence he has always reposed in me and I promise that I will never betray the confidence he reposes in me and I will not disappoint the Commander-in-Chief in any position of trust I am assigned from time to time&comma;” Buratai stated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Earlier in his presentation&comma; Oyewale described General Buratai as radiating Warren Bennis’s philosophical definition of leader as a servant with capacity to translate vision into reality saying that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Of a truth&comma; His Excellency&comma; General Ambassador Dr Tukur Yusuf Buratai epitomizes and exhibited those skills as Chief Of Army Staff&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Oyewale posited that the idea to choose Buratai as NAOSRE Grand Patron is a product of the association desire to avoid errors in its pursuit of creating harmony between citizens and military operatives saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With an experienced General like Buratai as NAOSRE Grand Patron&comma; we will always interface with him in the discharge of our media responsibilities in security matters for a safer Nigeria&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Oyewale’s statement reads in part&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;After an exhaustive evaluation of his unmatched pedigree in professionalism&comma; humanitarian services&comma; commitment to officers’ welfare and undiluted love for Nigeria’s security&comma; the leadership&comma; Board of Trustees and members of the National Association of Online Security Reporters&comma; NAOSRE&comma; have collectively chosen His Excellency&comma; General Ambassador Dr Tukur Yusuf Buratai as our Grand Patron&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The certificate of your Investiture as NAOSRE’s Grand Patron is hereby handed over to you&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;