Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya, the Chief of Army Staff, has reaffirmed the Nigerian Army’s commitment to educating its personnel to uphold peace and calm in the nation.
Speaking at the opening of the 2022 Nigerian Army’s Second Commanding Officer’s workshop at the Gingiya Barracks in Sokoto, the Army Chief stressed the need of staff training and retraining for success.
Yahaya added that doing so would assist in educating cops about international best practices. He gave the assurance that the Nigerian Army was working around the clock to make sure that residents of Nigeria were protected.
“All aspects of training activities must be in line with acceptable best practices. It will receive priority to attain the desired professional requirements to bring to an end the plethora of security challenges confronting the country at the moment.
“It is therefore my hope that the workshop will go a long way to redirect the perspective of our personnel to the best way to provide practical solutions to the contemporary security challenges facing our country.”
The second 2022 workshop had its theme as “Equipment Maintenance and Operational Efficiency: The Role of Operational and Tactical Level Commanders in the Nigerian Army as well as Sister Services Through Interagency Corporation”
The General Officer Commander, 8 Division, Major Uwem Bassey, urged attendees to use their wealth of knowledge to find a long-term solution to the nation’s insecurity earlier in his welcome speech at the five-day training.
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, also spoke in his message of goodwill and praised the Nigerian Army for their selfless service to the country.
Sultan, who is also a retired senior army officer, said “once a General is always a General, I am always happy to be in the midst of my colleagues. They are doing their best and we will continue to pray for them.”
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the governor of Sokoto State, promised in his speech that the state will maintain positive ties with all of the state’s security organizations, not just the Nigerian Army.
He urged President Muhammad Buhari , to prioritize the difficulties the Army faces by giving them greater equipment to assist them in carrying out their constitutional obligations.
However, he urged them to focus on maintaining the ones already in place because doing so would help combat strategic insecurities in the nation.
Tambuwal contends that empowering the army will not only improve troops’ morale for efficient service delivery but will also strengthen inter-agency relationships, which are essential to their pursuit of and passion for establishing peace in the nation.
The Nigerian Army, according to Tambuwal, also needs more equipment, training, and retraining on how to maintain it. He claimed that maintenance was crucial in all human endeavors, but particularly so when it came to equipment as complex and crucial as that used by the soldiers and security personnel.
