… we’ll no longer be taken for granted – NSA laments
The Canadian Embassy in Nigeria has denied visas to top Nigeria’s service chiefs including the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa.
Speaking at the maiden annual lecture of the National Association of the Institute for Security Studies (AANISS) on Thursday, General Christopher Musa narrated how he and other top military officers in the branch of the Nigerian Army were supposed to be in Canada for an official assignment on Wednesday, but were denied visas.
General Musa had said that the Canadian event is the 2025 Invictus Games which is organized annually to honour war veterans.
Wounded soldiers from Nigeria are participating in the 2025 Invictus Games holding in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada, from February 8th–16th, 2025.
The wounded Nigerian soldiers are among the over 500 competitors from 23 countries. The Invictus Games Foundation is the main organizer of the 2025 Invictus Games. The foundation was established by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, in 2014.
Reacting to comments by General Christopher Musa at the event in Abuja, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu expressed displeasure at the Canadian Embassy for denying the Chief of Defence Staff and other Army Chiefs visas.
Ribadu called the North American country unprintable names, dismissing them as inconsequential.
According to Ribadu the denial of visas to the Army Generals is a clear reminder that Nigeria must “stand on its own, stand strong as a nation and should no longer be taken for granted.”