The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has assured that the Nigeria military will continue shielding the nation’s democracy, just as he restated its commitment towards upholding the tenets of Nigerian Constitution.
Lagbaja, who stated this on Monday in Akure, Ondo state capital, during the Nigeria Army Combat Support Arms Training(COSAT) week said the military will not relent in its efforts to sustain its operational tempo in containing security challenges and restore lasting peace.
The Army Chief said the army had been fulfilling its duties by ensuring that Nigerians sleep with their two eyes closed, urging Nigerians to believe in the capability of the armed forces to safeguard and bring long-lasting peace and stability to the country
Lagbaja said that the army was restrategising to brainstorm on contemporary security challenges, improve capability of various support elements to combat insurgency bedeviling the country.
According to him, the gathering would enhance conversations between top officers and retired Generals on ways to adopt technology through research and development support to enhance the security measures of the country.
He promised that Nigeria army would be transformed to adopt local indigenous capacity to address security challenges
He said “The critical place (importance) of COSAT has consistently been on the rise since the Nigeria civil war, we have continued to encourage professionalism and reposition the unit. Today’s gathering which brings about most of our renowned brains to chart a new way forward as warfare is constantly evolving”
The COAS said the Nigerian Army, being a professional and a dynamic force was constantly exploring avenues to improve efficiency and effective delivery of security in every theater of operation.
He stated that “This training taking place here in Akure is Combat Support Arms Training Week. It’s a week set aside in the army training calendar to give opportunity to the combat support corps to review the activity in the past year and evolve ways of doing things better in order to support the army operations.
“The theme of this year’s training is leveraging indigenous technology to enhance our training operations and has been carefully selected taking into consideration the nature of the challenges that we are confronted with across the country.
“The need to have technology as a leveler to enhance the efficiency of our formation and units in the fields. So this is an avenue where senior military personnel, serving military personnel and even the executive from the industry will sit down and rob mind and come up with better ways of conducting military operations and military activities,”
While speaking, the Acting Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Ayedatiwa commended the military for the selfless service and unwavering support to the peace witnessed in the state and Nigeria.
Aiyedatiwa, who called for synergy between the army and the sister security agencies and the state security outfit, the Amotekun corp established by South-West governors to stem security challenges in the state and south west region.
He admonished them to adopt new security architecture to stimulate themselves for operational efficiency and national security.
Earlier in his welcome address, the commander of corp Artillery, Maj.-Gen. MG Kagye said that the challenges of insecurity requires deliberate efforts by combat support arms to enhance security measures in a joint environment and commended Nigerians for intelligence gathering support to the Army.
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