Brigadier General Taiye Ahmed, director of Military Training, Nigerian Defence Academy, in his presentation opposed the amendment at a public hearing on the bill organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Defence.
The hearing considered four defence-related bills, including a Bill for an Act to Amend the Nigerian Defence Academy Act, 2024 and for Related Matters (HB.1709), which proposes automatic admission for graduates of Nigerian military schools into the academy.
He explained that the proposed amendment seeks to alter Section 8(2) of the Second Schedule to the NDA Act by granting what he described as ” right of first refusal” to applicants from Nigerian military schools.
According to him, the justification advanced by the proponents is “to prevent the graduates of the schools from being handy tools in the hands of non state violent actors because of the graduate military background.”
He further explained that the proposal also seeks to
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