The Nigerian Army says it will conduct more exercises to sharpen personnel
\nskills and prepare them to tackle emerging security challenges in the
\ncountry.<\/p>\n
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai announced\u00a0this Monday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0at Currently, exercise \u201cEgwu Eke\u201d \u2013 Python Dance II is underway in the five Buratai said: \u201cI have given the necessary directives for officers to \u201cThis is in addition to effort in strengthening and exploring own local \u201cCommanders at all levels are to ensure that orientation cadres are He charged formation commanders in theatre of operations to imbibe the \u201cTherefore, the need for regular improvement on the existing capacity of \u201cTo achieve this, it is paramount to carry out accurate threats assessment In an interview with newsmen later, Buratai said exercises and training in \u201cSince 2015, we have been holding series of exercises,\u201d he said, adding The Nigerian Army says it will conduct more exercises to sharpen personnel skills and prepare them to tackle emerging security challenges in the country. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nthe commencement of the 2nd and 3rd Quarter Chief of Army Staff Conference
\nin Abuja.
\nBuratai explained that exercises were aimed at focusing personnel in real
\ntime operational scenarios as against simulated training situations.<\/p>\n
\nSouth East states \u2013 Enugu, Imo, Anambra, Abia, Ebony and Cross River in
\nthe South South.<\/p>\n
\nembark on mission specific training at home and overseas.<\/p>\n
\ninstitutions.<\/p>\n
\nconducted for young officers and soldiers posted to units in order to
\nenshrine aspects of unit regimentation early in them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nspirit of in-theatre training based on terrain and the changing \u201ctactics
\nof adversary.\u201d
\nBuratai noted that evolutionary and global security threats were being
\ninfluenced by political, economic, social and technological factors.<\/p>\n
\nthe Nigerian Army to be able to deal with present and future security
\nthreats is imperative.<\/p>\n
\nin the formulation of the nation\u2019s security policies which would enhance
\nthe ability of the Nigerian Army to deal with these emerging internal
\nsecurity threats,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\nthe army were going on continuously, but only gets to public knowledge
\nwhen carried out on large scale.<\/p>\n
\nthat the exercises were to reassure Nigerians that the army and other
\nsecurity agencies were concerned about their safety and security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"