The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, launched the new exercise in Lokoja on Tuesday.
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The Chief of Army State also charged them to uphold the standard operating procedures and rules of engagement.
Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, the Chief of Army Staff, made the demand at the National Assembly in Abuja.
The Army through its Chief of Staff , Lt – General Farouk Yahaya , who made this known before Senate Committee on Army, stated that the reduction of its budget will impede its operational efficiency .
The governor, while receiving the new Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, who was on a working visit to the state, said that his government would always go after criminals across the length and breadth of the state.
Yahaya gave the charge on Friday at the closing ceremony of the Nigerian Army Inter-Formation Platoon Officers Crossing Competition at the 33 Artillery Brigade, Bauchi.
The chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, made this known after the closed door screening of the Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Farouk Yahaya.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Minister of Defence, retired Major General Bashir Magashi, accompanied by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, presented Yahaya to the President.
The Army also claimed that more than 50 of the terrorists died in the encounter in Damboa, Borno State
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja
Olowu, in a statement by his media office in Kuta on Thursday, also hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for the new appointment, adding that the new helmsman is a war tested General who is equal to the task.
Congratulating the Chief of Army Staff, Kalu extolled the virtues of the Major-General, describing him as a gallant and committed military officer with passion for professionalism and national development.
This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Defence Headquarters, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday