Ten officers of the Nigerian Military Armoured Corps (NAAC) have retired from lively service after serving the required variety of years.
LEADERSHIP Friday reviews that the officers’exit, comprising six Main-Generals and 4 Brigadier-Generals, comes barely a day after Chief of Military Workers Lieutenant-Common Taoreed Lagbaja commissioned the newly constructed advanced headquarters of the Nigerian Military Armoured Corps at Obienu Barracks, Bauchi.
The retiring officers included reviewing Main-Common Nsor Okpa Ojiji, Main-Common MH Magaji, Main-Common GB Audu, Main-Common M Danmadami, Main-Common JG Mohammed and Main-Common UI Mohammed.
Others are Brigadier-Generals A. Israel, Brigadier-Common BA Mohammed, Brigadier-Common D. Abdulsalam and Brigadier-Common SP Akpan.
Ojiji expressed gratitude that the custom has been stored and got here to their flip, urging that it needs to be stored on.
“We recall that the Nigerian Military Armoured Corps (NAAC) has a number of challenges, which vary from poor lodging to insufficient skilled and medical services, amongst a myriad of others.
“Right now, nonetheless, I’m completely satisfied to notice that there are various very practical lodging blocks; even the atmosphere of those barracks could be very welcoming. Many assets and efforts have modified the state of affairs. That is heartwarming.
“Kudos to commander NAAC, his group of officers, troopers, and their households, who’re decided collectively that issues should enhance within the corps,” he mentioned.
Ojiji decried poor gear grading, particularly in formations and models, therefore the necessity to handle the problem for efficient and larger service supply to the nation.
He added, „We hope that the minister of defence, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar, additionally make this his cardinal goal throughout his tenure. I plead with the Hon. Minister by means of this medium to deem it match to take action.“
Additionally, the commandant of the Armoured Corps, Main Common Mohammed Ahmed, mentioned, „I really feel grateful, happy, and extremely honoured to have witnessed a day that was full of combined emotions and feelings of the pulling out of the retired senior officers.“
He added, „We’re completely satisfied we did what we must always do. We feature out a number of providers to the group, starting from free medical providers to the supply of pipe-borne water, amongst others, and in the event that they inform us about their issues, we promptly attend to these issues.“
Ahmed added, „There isn’t a military on the earth that has sufficient, and the Nigerian Military has developed its capability to the extent that you would be able to see in most of our gear, which is very maintained.“
He wished all of the retired Military Armoured Corps officers properly of their future civilian endeavours, urging them all the time to make themselves available for consultations and useful recommendation on bettering the Armoured Corps.