The Nigerian Army is prepared for combat in order to deal with terrorists present in the nation, according to COAS Lt-Gen Farouk Yahaya.
Yahaya made this statement yesterday at the seminar for officers and soldiers of the 8 Division that the army department of transformation and innovation hosted at the Lt. General Tukur Buratai auditorium in Giginya Barracks, Sokoto, with the theme: "Intensifying warrior ethos and regimentation in the Nigerian Army."
General Officer Commanding 8 Division (GOC) and Commander, Operation Hadarin Daji, Maj Gen Uwem Bassey, spoke on behalf of Yahaya when he urged that the commanders and soldiers should use novel strategies and ingenuity to combat terrorists.
He acknowledged that there are significant security issues in Nigeria, including banditry in the Northwest and North Central, terrorism in the Northeast, and militias in the Southeast and South.
He urged students to complete their jobs with a high degree of professionalism and attention by properly following the task's requirements.
The COAS also exhorted them to focus their efforts on resolving the nation's security issues.
He reiterated that the military has achieved outstanding victories over the nation's enemies and emphasised that Nigeria must utterly vanquish all of its foes.
“Let me tell you that this can be achieved in accordance with our constitutional responsibility as an Army,” he stated.
He noted that they should take victorious songs as a charge and work towards changing the psyche of the troops by developing a winning posture.
Yahaya commended the chief transformation and innovation (Army) for organising the all-important seminar to sharpen the fighting spirit of the troops and rejuvenate the tenets of basic soldering, strict adherence to the customs traditions, ethics of the army and upholding regimentation in all Nigerian army formation and units.
He further explained that the department has been the hub for creative thinking and ideas for the Nigerian army since its inception.
Yahaya implored all officers and soldiers of the department not to rest on their oars but continue to be innovative and committed towards taking the Nigerian army to greater heights in its quest to achieve improve operational efficiency and deliver on its constitutional responsibilities.
The COAS urged the participants to settle down and be attentive so as to tap from the wealth of experience of the resource persons.
Earlier the chief of transformation and innovation of the Nigerian Army, Maj Gen Ofoche Charles, said the seminar was apt and timely looking at recent happenings in the country.
He maintained that the seminar was to reinvigorate and reawaken the regimentation cultures in the Nigerian army.