Recruitment: Only 200 Igbo youths registered in South-East – Nigerian Army

Recruitment: Only 200 Igbo youths registered in South-East – Nigerian Army

 Leader, Army Force Headquarters Recruitment Sensitisation
Team, Anambra State, Brig.General Chima Ekeator, has revealed that only 200
youths from the South-East have registered for the ongoing Nigerian Army
recruitment in the country.

 

Ekeator made the disclosure at a sensitisation organised for
youth leaders and President-Generals (P-Gs) of different communities in the
state, NAN reports.

 

He said there was a need to encourage youths in the various
communities to take part in the exercise.

 

“This sensitisation is necessary because, according to
records, only 200 persons have registered from the South-East, while in other
states, not less than 4000 persons have registered.

 

“We are calling on youth leaders and P-Gs to go to their
communities to talk to the youths and encourage them to take part in the
recruitment,” Ekeator said.

 

Meanwhile, in a remark, the Anambra Governor, Prof. Chukwuma
Soludo, gave assurance that the government would continue to sensitise the
youths to show interest in the exercise.

 

Soludo, who was represented by the Commissioner for Youth
Development, Mr Patrick Aghambah, called on traditional rulers and P-Gs to
collaborate in mobilising ten youths each from their communities to join the
Nigerian Army through the ongoing recruitment.

 

Similarly, Tony-Collins Nwabunwanne, the Commissioner, Local
Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, said the recruitment targeted
youths between ages 18 and 22 and encouraged them to enroll in the Army.

 

This is currently less than a few days after the Nigerian
Army raised the alarm over the poor enlistment of South East youths into the
military service, and called for a change of attitude to reverse the trend.

Source: Recruitment: Only 200 Igbo youths registered in South-East – Nigerian Army

 - NigerianEye