Army Chief Presents Cheques To First Beneficiaries Of Personal Insurance

The Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja in an effort to provide financial security and to support the families of personnel who died in active service, has presented cheques to 10 first-time beneficiaries of the Nigerian Army Personal Insurance Scheme.

The presentation was part of the closing ceremony of the Chief of Army Staff Combined Second and Third Quarters Conference 2023, at the Army Headquarters Command Officers’ Mess 1, Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital.

This gesture by the Army Chief is an expression of the Nigerian Army’s appreciation of the service and sacrifices its personnel rendered in defence of the nation.

Addressing the participants at the closing ceremony, General Lagbaja expressed confidence in the competencies of his men and their commitment together with sister services and other security agencies to create the enabling environment for good governance and economic prosperity.

He said the conference afforded the officers quality time to review the Nigerian Army’s training, and operational and administrative activities that directly relate to security issues crucial to the nation and external environment.

“We must recalibrate our strength to deal a decisive blow to the adversaries within and without appropriately, therefore, I expect that the decisions arrived at during our deliberation will help refine our training and Operational activities towards realising desirable outcome”

“Our deliberations on pertinent issues during the conference have reinforced the task ahead of us and fairly depicted that it is not going to be easy. Let me reiterate, that we cannot afford to show any form of weakness because the adversaries we fight are emboldened by weakness.

During the conference, formation commanders leading various operations across the country’s geopolitical zones briefed the participants as some selected middle cadre officers joined in the deliberation as revealed by the Army Chief.

At the end of the conference, the former Force Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Major General Abdulkahlifa Ibrahim was decorated with the National Order of Chad Medal of honour, presented to him by the Chadian Government, during his tour of duty.

Dominica Nwabufo