Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant
General Azubuike Ihejirika has described
himself as one of the most fortunate army
chiefs the country ever produced.
He made the declaration, Wednesday, at
the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu
where he commissioned an ultra modern
officers’ Mess.
The Mess, which is of international
standard was reconstructed by the GOC of
the 82 Division, Major General Adebayo
Olaniyi.
Ihejirika stated that his reform policies in
the Nigerian Army was made easier being
part of a general transformation agenda of
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan.
According to him, “when I assumed office,
one of the greatest problems I was
confronted with is sorry state of
infrastructure both in our barracks and
equipment.
“However, I am one of the luckiest Chiefs of
Army Staff in Nigeria. I am working under a
Commander in Chief that is compassionate,
that has come with an agenda to transform
the country, so what we just did was to key
into this and it has paid up in the Nigerian
Army”.
He commended the GOC for the
quality work at the Mess, stressing
“one thing is to make funds
available and another thing is to make
judicious use of the funds”.
Ihejirika disclosed that in the next few
months, he would be at the 82 Division to
commission an ultra-modern hotel being
executed by the Army under the private
partnership arrangement.
Earlier in a speech, General Olaniyi said the
modern Mess was needed to provide senior
officers with a deserved meeting point.
“One of the things that will allow us achieve
our vision of transformation is
regimentation, both at the parade ground
and at the officers’ Mess. If we must be in
control, we must have where we meet,
interact and socialize”, he said.
He added that “what we are seeing today is
the moral support and the financial
support from the Chief of Army Staff. He
has encouraged us, he is leaving legacies.
“The Chief of Army Staff provided
everything we need, I only invited him to
see where we have invested what he gave
us”.
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