BY Olasunkanmi Akoni

LAGOS—Northern Nigeria Youth Council, NNYC, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for appointing Major General Kenneth Minimah as the new Chief of Army Staff, COAS.
The group, therefore, called on all political stakeholders across ethnic divides to support the new COAS in the interest of national unity.

The group’s Chairman, Mr. Ahmad Muttaqa and Secretary, Mr. Sani Ahmed, in a statement issued o wednesday, expressed grave concern over reports that the appointment of the service chief had been politicised.”
While dismissing the report, the group urged all Nigerians to support the new army chief, saying “we aborted our foreign trip to express views towards the military shake-up and the mixed reactions that subsequently followed.”