By Victor Akaa, Abuja.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Tukur Buratai jas inspected numerous completed and ongoing welfare projects in Maxwell Khobe Cantonment Jos.
The inspection was done during the visit by the Army Chief at the Headquarters 3 Division Nigerian Army on Thursday.
An official statement made available to Enugu Reporters by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations Col. Sagir Musa disclosed some of the projects inspected by , Gen Buratai to include Multi-purpose Dam/Integrated Water Treatment Plant, newly built Rhino Super Market, and Maxwell Khobe Cantonment Multi Purpose Cooperative Society Office Complex.
Other inspected projects by the COAS were, a newly built Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association Nursery and Primary Schools’ administrative Block, renovated Nigerian Army Officers Wives’ Association Model School Playground and the completed elaborate renovation works done to 3 Division Medical Services and Hospital among others.
Col. Sagir further explained that, the Multi-purpose Dam/Integrated Water Treatment Plant was to take care of the water needs of the Barracks community and has capacity to assist surrounding communities in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.
He added, the dam was deliberately designed and constructed to provide additional suitable arena for amphibious training of qualified Nigerian Army personnel.
According to him, all the projects were to be benefited by the soldiers, their families and the host communities of the Cantonment.
This gesture ,according to Sagir were strong indicators that the welfare of Army personnel and their families is one of the top most priorities of the Nigeria’s Army Chief ,Lt Gen. Buratai.
He said, all the intervention projects inspected by the COAS, including those that were earlier commissioned which cut across socio-economic and religious spheres, were funded by the COAS and the projects were correctly executed under the direct supervision of the General Officer Commanding 3 Division Maj Gen NE Angbazo.
In his remarks, the General Officer Commanding Division who was visibly elated, on behalf of the officers and soldiers of the Division, thanked the COAS for graciously funding the projects which are of tremendous benefits particularly to the soldiers and their families thereby underscoring the unflinching disposition/policy of Lt Gen TY Buratai to troops’ welfare.
The Chief of Training and Operations (Army) Maj Gen EO Udo, Chief of Logistics (Army), Maj Gen JI Unuigbe, General Officer Commanding 3 Division Maj Gen NE Angbazo, Chief of Military Intelligence Maj Gen SA Adebayo, Commanders and Key Staff Officers of the Division accompanied the COAS during the inspection tour of the multiple project sites located in the Cantonment
