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Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. T. A. Lagbaja, has inaugurated some special intervention civil-military cooperation projects in Umuahia, Abia State.
Speaking during the occasion held at Ekeoba in Oriendu Autonomous Community in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on Friday, Lagbaja said, “The idea of the Chief of Army Staff Special Intervention Civil-Military Cooperation Projects came about in our bid to provide support to communities of Nigerian Army senior officers who, through dedication to duty and service to the nation, have risen to the enviable rank of Major General.
“I am glad that today, Abia State is privileged to have one of such eminently qualified senior officers of the Nigerian Army in the person of Major General Obinna Ajunwa, who currently serves as the Director General of the Nigerian Army Heritage and Future Centre.”
He further explained, “The Chief of Army Staffs Special Intervention Civil-Military Cooperation Projects concept seeks to give back to the people of Nigeria as critical partners in progress.
“Our projects are always carefully conceptualised and executed in consultation with benefiting communities, and they are designed to complement the states by providing top-notch basic amenities and infrastructure for the people.”
The inaugurated projects are two newly constructed 40,000-litre water works and new community cottage hospital with an attached three-bedroom flat doctors’ and nurses’ quarters, community hall and a 500 KVA transformer that was equally commissioned.
In his speech, the Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Maj. Gen. N. C. Ugbo, said the projects were “executed as part of the Nigerian Army’s non-kinetic drive towards addressing the multi-faceted security challenges bedeviling our beloved country and were designed to cement the existing cordial relationship between the Nigerian Army and law-abiding citizens of this community.”
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