Army Pledges to Stay Off Politics, Ensure  Professionalism

Nigerian Army has vowed to stay off Politics, and remain professional in all it’s operations.

It has also reiterated commitments to Improve security and

make the country more secured for citizens in 2022 and beyond.

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, gave the assurance at the closing of the Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja.

According to him, the Army remains committed to ensuring that peace returns to every part of the country in no distant time.

Yahaya said the conference was an opportunity to examine security issues plaguing the nation.

“Consequently, our focus for the coming year would be on developing capacities for improved performances across board.

“Emphasis will be placed on both individual and unit training that will enhance teamwork and professionalism.

“In this regard, I want to urge commandants of Nigerian Army and Corps schools to ensure they conduct realistic training in their various institutions to ensure our officers and soldiers are equipped with the right skills and competencies to confront all criminal elements in the various theatres of operations.

“I want to remind formation and unit commanders on the need to ensure systematic inspection of arms and ammunition as well as the various holding facilities.

“Additionally, the directive on the new procedure for the conduct of range classification exercise has been communicated to all participants for compliance.

“Thus, commanders must ensure that units under command adopt this new procedure which is aimed at ensuring accountability and security of controlled items in the Nigerian Army.

“In the conduct of our operations, commanders must be proactive and aggressive in order to defeat the adversary.

“Let me state at this point that we must ensure all our deployments in the theatres of operations are held in strength to defeat any attack.