ANIMASAUN KAYODE
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede has challenged soldiers to intensify efforts towards making Nigeria a safer place and tackled the emergency of insurgency in the southwest.
Lieutenant General Oluyede made this known while addressing soldiers during his maiden operational visit to 32 Artillery Brigade Owena Cantonment Akure, on Friday.
The COAS, who said that Nigeria was facing with different security challenges all over,said.there was need for all personnel and officers to raise up collectively and stop the menace.
According to him, We are doing our best with other sister agencies and other security agencies to bring them to the bare minimum.
” I want to tell you this afternoon that the entire Nigerian state, the entire Nigerian people are depending on you to bring all these challenges to an end.
“Because if there is no security, there can’t be development. So whether you like it or not, it’s affecting you and I.
“The money the government is spending on security is so huge that if we can make Nigerians better secured, those monies can be channeled to make the lives of all Nigerians better.
“Nigerians are looking up to us to make things better. So what that means is that you must be ready to double your efforts, to work harder,” he said.
Oluyede, who promised to continue patronized the Welfare of the soldiers and officers said that he would going to do his best to make things better.
He said that there was plan to build houses for soldiers across the formations for them yo have place to live when retired from the services.
According to him, As we speak, we plan to produce at least 100,000 uniforms every month. So the first set is going to be split between 81 Div and 2 Div. And that will be done tomorrow
“But you must be ready, you must be ready to face the challenges. As we are pursuing the criminals from the north, we have realized that some of them are coming down from the southwest.
“What does that mean? What does that tell you? That work is coming. And it is better you nip it in the bud and you allow it to grow. Once it grows, it becomes a monster.
“We don’t want another northeast. Neither do we want another northwest. So you must brace up to that challenge,” he said.