The Chief of Army Staff , Lt.-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai, has charged troops in the frontline to sustain offensive against insurgents and other criminal elements in the country.
Buratai gave the charge when he paid an operational visit to 44 Army Reference Hospital and the Command Engineering Depot, Kaduna on Friday.
At the hospital, he said, “My call to soldiers is to remain loyal and surely the end result will be a resounding success for all of us.
“Nigeria is proud of them. We are all proud of them across the country.
“I urge them to sustain the tempo in discharging their professional responsibilities
“I assure them that Mr. President is very much behind them and he is doing everything to ensure their welfare is improved in the field as well as in the barracks.
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The COAS disclosed the operational visit “is a routine inspection to see how our troops are doing in the hospital and those that are wounded in action.
“I am impressed with the level of recuperation of the ‘wounded in action’ soldiers in hospital”.
On his visit to the Command Engineering Depot at Rigachikun, Buratai said the facility was “part of our progressive match toward self-reliance in equipment.
“I am here also at the Command Engineering Depot to see the progress of the production of Ezugwu Counter Mines vehicles and I am quite impressed with the level of work, the commitment of the Commander and his team of engineers.
“I am sure this is change for the better for the Nigerian Army and the Armed Force’’.
He expressed confidence that once the vehicles were out on the road and in the bushes, they would help in tackling and checkmating the country’s security challenges.
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