Army recruits 6,000 personnelUrges commitment, sacrifices, performance

The Nigerian Army (NA) has recruited an additional 6,000 personnel to reinforce its personnel with a view to maintaining the intense of its onslaught against terrorists, bandits and other arm wielding non-state actors.

This was disclosed by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, while addressing young recruits after reviewing the Passing Out Parade of the 86th Regular Recruits Intake at the RSM Hama-Kim Parade Ground, Depot Nigerian Army, Kaduna.

According to Gen. Lagbaja, the latest recruitment was pivotal to Nigerian Army’s poise to proffer solution to the security challenges confronting the country.

A statement signed by the Director, Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, said that the potentials of the new recruits would be maximised by the Nigerian Army to tackle the challenges of insurgency in the North East, banditry and cattle rustling in the North West, farmers-herders clashes in the North Central, secessionists agitations and cultism in the South East, militancy and vandalism of critical national assets as well as infrastructure in the South South and South West.

Gen Lagbaja added that the new soldiers would be exposed to advanced military training to sharpen their newly acquired skills to be able to function adequately.

According to him, the Nigerian Army had organised a series of post-depot courses and training packages to help the soldiers master the array of weapons and equipment in the Nigerian Army’s inventory as well as other special military skills to become more proficient in war.

He also assured that the Army had started improving existing welfare packages to cater for their quartering, medical, recreational, and educational needs as well as their career fulfillment.

The COAS told the newly recruited soldiers that their statutory responsibility was to defend and where necessary pay the supreme price for the country.

He tasked them to be ready to go wherever and whenever they are ordered to go either by land, sea or air in defence of the nation.

The COAS also told them that the noble profession of the Army was a commitment to relegating personal comfort and assume duty to the country as the primary concern.

“By becoming a soldier, you have accepted the highest call to duty and to abide by the requirements of exceptional discipline, loyalty, integrity and dedication to duty; all of which are values that have guided your training,” the COAS stated.

Gen Lagbaja told the young soldiers to make the Nigerian Army and the country praise at all times.