Army vows to win war against insurgency, defend Nigeria’s democracy

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya has said that the Nigerian Army will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that the war against Insurgency and other violent crimes in the country is completely won.Gen Yahaya who stated this in Minna, the Niger state capital on Monday indicated that the Army is nobly committed to the security and defense of the Territorial integrity of the nation.

He spoke when he declared open, a three day combined training and doctrine seminar for officers of the Nigerian Army at the Training and Doctrine Command headquarters.
Gen. Yahaya also expressed the resolve of the Army to defend the country’s Democracy.
The 2023 seminar with the theme: “Enhancing Training and Operations through Doctrinal Imperative in a Joint Environment”, he said is apt, especially when the global conflicts have now moved from the known conventional nature to the third, fourth and even fifth generational realms which are characteristically asymmetric.

According to the Chief of Staff who was represented by by Maj. Gen. Kamilu Kadiri, Director General, Nigerian Army Heritage and Future Center, Abuja, the situation represent a paradigm shift from classical battlefield’s conventional deployments between two opposing forces.
According to him, to maintain their effectiveness, the Nigeria army must train and retrain as well as plan its operations in consonance with its doctrine and training policy.
He stressed that his vision for the Nigerian Army is anchored on four critical pillars notably professionalism, readiness, administration and cooperation which he said are all interlinked for the development of the Army”
Gen. Yahaya maintained that the bedrock for any Army lies on training which is focused on professionalism and guided by doctrine, adding however that most of the failed battles recorded were either traceable or ascribable to inadequate, improper or lack of requisite training.
He noted that to ensure efficient training and combat efficiency of the Nigerian Army, its divisions must be progressively evaluated as well as ensuring that timely doctrinal eveualtion of the army’s operations are conducted.
He harped on the need to ensure that material are adequately delivered to troop at the right time, right place in the right condition, especially in battle situation.

He urged participants to contribute positively, adding that knowledge gained from the seminar would help in the development of the Nigerian Army in general.

Earlier in his welcome address, Maj. Gen. Stevenson Olabanji, Commander, Training and Doctrine Command of the Nigerian Army, said that the seminar was to set the pace for training and doctrinal development activities in the command as well as guide the Nigerian army in general.

He added that the objectives of the seminar was to highlight issues that borders primarily on key aspects of the military affairs such as training, operations, administration, logistics and their impact on the effectiveness of the Nigerian Army.Olabanji said the seminar was also aimed at developing capacity of participants and all personnel towards harnessing their skills and contribution to the operational efficiency of the Nigerian Army.The Chief of Army Staff later commissioned some new projects and these include TRADOC records office, Commander TRADOC Finance and Account apartment and Corporal below quarters

Part of activities at the seminar was the commissioning of some new projects by the chief of army staff such as the TRADOC records office, Commander TRADOC Finance and Account apartment, Corporal below quarters, Nigeria Army Post Exchange (NAPEX) and TRADOC Nigerian army officers mess squash.