The Nigerian Army has launched a technology-driven inspection and compliance framework aimed at strengthening accountability, transparency and efficiency in project execution across the service.
The initiative commenced with the opening of the Directorate of Inspections and Compliance Project Inspection Workshop 2026 at the Army War College Nigeria, Asokoro, Abuja.
According to a statement by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Appolonia Anele, the four-day workshop is organised by the Office of the Chief of Army Staff through the Directorate of Inspections and Compliance and is themed “Leveraging Technology: Panacea for Enhanced Inspection and Compliance.”
Declaring the workshop open, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, represented by the Chief of Logistics (Army), Major General Adekunle Adeyinka, described the initiative as timely and critical to the ongoing transformation of the Nigerian Army.
He noted that the increasingly complex operating environment has rendered traditional manual inspection methods inadequate, stressing the need for integrated, technology-enabled inspection solutions.
“Inspections remain a vital command instrument for translating policies, plans and projects into measurable outcomes,” Major General Adeyinka said.
He emphasised that technology-enabled inspections should not be viewed as fault-finding exercises, but as tools for performance enhancement, standardisation and institutional learning across the Army.
Earlier, the Director, Directorate of Inspections and Compliance, Major General Auwalu Mahmuda, described the workshop as a deliberate response to contemporary operational realities and the need to align inspection and compliance functions with the Chief of Army Staff’s transformation drive.
He explained that effective project inspection is a critical enabler of operational readiness, optimal resource utilisation, fiscal discipline and institutional credibility.
Participants at the workshop include officers drawn from formations and units within and around Abuja, senior officers, as well as technical experts and resource persons from engineering, technology and compliance backgrounds.