 Now following the announcement of the new Chief of Army Staff, Farooq Yahya, security experts say there is a need to re-jig the security architecture. Plus TV Africa's correspondent, Destiny-Momo X-Race, the new Army Chief Profo, and the tasks ahead. The new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farooq Yahya, was born on the 5th of January, 1966 in Sifawa, Bodinga, local government area of Sokoto State. Major General Yahya, who is a member of the 37 regular course of the prestigious Nigerian Defense Academy, started his cadet training on the 27th of September, 1985, and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps on the 22nd of September, 1990. Major General Yahya has held several appointments notable among the appointments held by the new Chief of Army Staff, Agarizin Commander Headquarters Guard Brigade, directing staff at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Deputy Director Army Headquarters Department of Military Secretary, Deputy Director Army Research and Development, and the Chief of Staff Headquarters Joint Task Force Operation Pullo Shield. He also served as the Principal General Staff Officer to the Minister of Defense, the Commander Headquarters 4 Brigade and 29 Task Force Brigade. He was also Director Manpower of the Army Headquarters, Military Secretary Army Headquarters, and General Officer Commanding, GOC One Division of the Nigerian Army. For the task ahead, a military veteran and security expert have advised on rejigging the security architecture. Everybody looks at his antecedents and all that, but as a retired military officer, I would like to say that every Chief of Security is as strong as his membership strength. Every Chief of Security is as strong as the cohesiveness of his membership strength. Our military seems to be overstretched and tired, just like the police have been decimated and weakened. They are living in fear, so all they do is serve the better. That is why, you see, at the slightest excuse, they pull the trigger. That's a fundamental problem, which is that the commander in chief of armed forces determines how successful any of the services can be. The partisan is the ultimate challenge to governance in this country. They advise the new security on measures to adapt. If they can manage distractions, distractions like corruption, and all these tendency to divert adequate funding for executing the campaign against terrorism and banditry. The fact remains that unless it has the professional competence, unless it has the professional mindset to deal with, to first of all, even understand what the problem is, the problem in the South is to work with who are the people behind it. How do you want to treat them? You find out that the mindset in dealing with this equity is actually that it is cost them, cost them, cost them. Farouk Yahya replaces Ibrahim Atahiru, who died on the 21st of May in a military plane crash in Kaduna while on official assignment. Destina Momo for Plus TV Africa. Find out about fresh news updates.