During the final leg of his nationwide military installation tour, the CDS lambasted headquarters staff for “complacency” and “procrastination,” citing dilapidated barracks, leaking accommodations, and unfenced facilities observed during his month-long inspection.
“If you are doing 100%, double it to 1000%,” General Cham declared, urging staff to abandon business-as usual approaches.
While Headquarters sets the vision and translates it into policy, the CDS stressed this is not enough.
“Commanding officers and specialists (like engineers) must proactively develop concrete, time-bound plans and solutions. Likewise, finance and logistics must then cost and execute these plans efficiently,” he stressed.
He emphasised that resource constraints cannot excuse inaction, directing departments to leverage public-private solutions and innovative financing models similar to Senegal’s Pôle Social system to fast-track solutions.
“The men and women on the command can no longer wait,” he warned, ordering time-bound plans for infrastructure repairs and threatening accountability for delays in procurement and logistics.
Demanding a new approach, CDS Cham highlighted that urgency and accountability, “procrastination or delay” in implementation is unacceptable. Solutions must be time-bound to break the cycle of unfulfilled promises” he stated.
