Army launches technology-driven inspection framework for operational efficiency

Nigerian Army has commenced a major drive to modernise its inspection and compliance architecture with the opening of the Directorate of Inspections and Compliance (DI&C) Project Inspection Workshop 2026, at the Army War College Nigeria (AWCN), Asokoro, Abuja.

According to a statement made available to Defence Correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday by the Acting Director Army Public Relations Colonel Appolonia Anele, the four-day workshop being hosted by the Office of the Chief of Army Staff, Directorate of Inspections and Compliance (DI&C), is themed “Leveraging Technology: Panacea for Enhanced Inspection and Compliance.”

It added that the workshop was designed to strengthen accountability, transparency, and efficiency in project execution across the Nigerian Army through the adoption of technology-enabled inspection processes.

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Declaring the workshop open, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), 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.

The Army Chief noted that the evolving and complex operating environment has rendered traditional manual inspection methods inadequate, stressing the need for integrated and technology-driven inspection solutions.

He reiterated that inspections remained a vital command instrument for translating policies, plans, and projects into measurable outcomes.

He stressed that technology-enabled inspections should not be viewed as fault-finding exercises, but as tools for performance enhancement, standardisation, and institutional learning.

The statement further added that in his welcome address, the Director, Directorate of Inspections and Compliance, Major General Auwalu Mahmuda, described the workshop as a deliberate and strategic response to contemporary operational realities and the need to align inspection and compliance functions with the COAS’s transformation.

He emphasised 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 diverse engineering, technology, and compliance backgrounds.