The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said on Monday that the creation of new formations across the country was part of strategies to address insecurity, as well as defending the nation’s territorial integrity.
Buratai said this in Yenogoa during the foundation laying ceremony for the construction of headquarters of 16 Brigade and Barracks in Bayelsa.
A copy of the army chief speech was made available to Newsmen in Abuja.
The 16 Brigade Brigade, Yenagoa; 6 Division, Port Harcourt; 17 Brigade, Katsina; and 8 Division, Sokoto, are among new army formations established by the Nigerian Army Council in line with 2016 Order of Battle (ORBAT).
Buratai said the construction of the army Barracks in Yenagoa was part of the federal government’s commitment to improve welfare of troops and their families.
He commended the Bayelsa Government for the improvement in security…
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