DIA to conduct counter-terrorism conference for Defence Advisers/Attaches
By Matthew Eloyi
The Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) is set to conduct Defence Advisers/Attachés Annual Conference and Maiden Retreat for 2021 with the theme “Advancing Counter-Terrorism Efforts Through Enhanced Inter-Agency Cooperation: A Whole of Government Approach”.
According to a statement signed by the Acting Assistant Director of the DIA, Major Joseph Afolashade, the event is scheduled to hold from 8-13 November 2021 at Headquarters Defence Intelligence Agency and Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC), Asokoro Abuja respectively.
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Afolashade described the event as one of the veritable platforms designed by the Agency to examine and re-appraise Nigeria’s Defence Advisers/Attachés and foreign defence relations.
He said the event would also assist in articulating new strategies in intelligence gathering.
“The event will no doubt be the first in the annals of the Agency since its establishment. This is because no platform was created for institutional reflections on its activities to measure the attainment of its core mandate.
“It is against this background that the Agency is holding this conference to effectively galvanize inputs given the myriads of security challenges facing the nation. It will also provide an avenue for a self-examination mechanism for optimal performance.
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“This is in line with the policy directive of the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari GCFR on the need to look inward for workable solutions to the myriads of challenges facing the nation.
“It is in pursuant of this objective, that the Agency is organizing its maiden Retreat to provide a forum to appraise the activities of the various Defence Sections as well as a brainstorm to proffer new strategies in attaining the core mandate of the Agency. The Conference and Retreat are therefore considered as milestone events in the activities of the Agency that would engender interactions with past Directors of the Agency, former Chiefs of Defence Intelligence, and senior intelligence practitioners in the country,” the statement added.
