Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has tasked the federal government to strengthen the combat capability of the Nigerian Army.
Wike stated this on Tuesday while delivering a keynote address at the Nigerian Army Combat Support Arms Training Week 2021 christened COSAT WEEK 2021, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital.
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According to him, there should be an increased commitment to national defence with robust security budgetary allocation that would engender adequate mobilisation of resources to support the implementation of strategic initiatives in developing indigenous defence technology.
“All over the world, countries are rapidly modernising their armies, increasing their weapon systems lethality and strengthening the efficiency and combat readiness in response to the increasingly changing nature of the modern times battlefields.
“Nigeria cannot be different if we are interested in having a military force that can easily deter external aggression, meet our international and regional military objectives as well as defeat internal insurrections and existential threats to national security.”
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, said the programme provided opportunities for participants to brainstorm and re-strategise toward providing effective support to all operations of the Nigerian Army.
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