The Nigerian Defence Academy has opposed a proposed amendment to its enabling Act that would grant automatic admission to graduates of military secondary schools, warning that the move could undermine the constitutional principle of federal character and discriminate against other qualified Nigerians.
The academy’s position was presented on Tuesday by the Director of Military Training, Brigadier General Taiye Ahmed, during a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Defence on proposed amendments to defence-related laws.
The hearing, chaired by the Chairman of the Committee, Babajimi Benson, considered four bills, including a proposal to amend the NDA Act to provide automatic admission for graduates of Nigerian military schools into the academy.
Ahmed told lawmakers that the amendment seeks to alter Section 8(2) of the Second Schedule to the NDA Act by introducing what he described as an “automatic admission, right of first refusal” arrangement for graduates of military
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