Ndudi Anyim
With a view to reposition the Nigerian Army, as well as brainstorm on areas of urgent intervention, members of the House of Representatives Committee on Army led by its Chairman, Hon Abdulrasak Saad Namdas paid a working visit to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru.
Security Watch Africa reports that the visit on Friday was the first since the appointment of Attahiru as the Chief of Army Staff.
A statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, stated that on the arrival at the Army Headquarters, the Committee members held a meeting with the COAS and Principal Staff Officers at the Headquarters.
“ The meeting provided opportunity for COAS and his PSOs to interact with the members of the Committee being the first of such platform since his assumption of office as the Chief of Army Staff, ” he said.
Meanwhile, the Chief of Army Staff also received the first shot of COVID-19 Vaccine in his office on Friday.
It was learnt that a number of Principal Staff Officers at the Headquarters including the Chief of Policy and Plans, Chief of Army Administration and Director Army Public Relations equally took the first dose of the Vaccine.
“ The vaccination of Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff against the dreaded COVID-19 was witnessed by a cross section of Defence correspondents.
“ The COAS enjoined officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army and indeed the general public to endeavour to be vaccinated. He thanked the Federal Government for making the COVID-19 Vaccination possible in the country, ” Yerima said.