The General Officer Commanding 81 Division Nigerian Army (NA) Major General Lawrence Fejokwu has identified need on the preparedness of the Division to train and retrain troops as part of efforts to curb contemporary security challenges across the country.
Penpushing reports Fejokwu pointed out this at the opening ceremony of the Corporals and Below Competition held at 35 Artillery Brigade Alamala in Abeokuta, noting. that the current security reality in the country has necessitated the need to sustain the tempo of training as outlined in the Nigeria Army Forecast of Events 2021
.The Major General said the participating units which include 9 Brigade, 35 Artillery Brigade and 81 Garrison will compete in 6 major events, adding that these include weapon handling, drill, swimming, half marathon race, point to point navigation and obstacle crossing.
Penpushing further reports that, he explained that the events were selected in order to meet up with the standard of training observed in formations and units in the Nigeria Army, adding that the 5-day events will enrich the level of professionalism and make troops responsive in the discharge of their respective duties.
The military boss said the competition is also in line with the vision of the Chief of Army Staff which is to have a Nigerian Army that is repositioned to professionally defeat all adversaries in a joint environment”.
Penpushing also reports that, he equally told the participating troops that there is no better time for training than now that Nigeria is confronted with various security challenges.
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