By Bavoriat Clara
The Nigerian Army has taken a significant step towards strengthening accountability and efficiency in its project execution processes with the commencement of the Directorate of Inspections and Compliance (DI&C) Project Inspection Workshop 2026 at the Army War College Nigeria (AWCN), Asokoro, Abuja.
The four-day workshop, which opened on 20 January 2026, is organised by the Office of the Chief of Army Staff through the Directorate of Inspections and Compliance.
Themed “Leveraging Technology: Panacea for Enhanced Inspection and Compliance,” the forum is aimed at modernising the Army’s inspection framework by integrating technology-driven processes to improve transparency, accountability and effective project delivery across the service.
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 both timely and critical to the ongoing transformation of the Nigerian Army.
He noted that the increasingly complex operating environment has made traditional manual inspection methods inadequate, underscoring the need for integrated and technology-enabled inspection systems to support effective oversight.
Major General Adeyinka emphasised that inspections remain a vital command tool for translating policies, plans and projects into tangible and measurable outcomes. He added that technology-enabled inspections should be seen not as fault-finding exercises, but as mechanisms for performance improvement, standardisation and institutional learning within the Army.
In his welcome address, the Director of the Directorate of Inspections and Compliance, Major General Auwalu Mahmuda, said the workshop was a deliberate response to contemporary operational realities and the need to align inspection and compliance functions with the Chief of Army Staff’s transformation agenda.
According to him, effective project inspection is essential to enhancing operational readiness, ensuring optimal use of resources, enforcing fiscal discipline and sustaining institutional credibility.
The workshop has drawn participants from Nigerian Army formations and units within and around Abuja, alongside senior officers, technical experts and resource persons with expertise in engineering, technology and compliance.
The engagement is expected to produce practical frameworks that will further strengthen inspection standards and project delivery across the Nigerian Army.
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