In a bid to enhance training at the Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration (NASFA) in Apapa, Lagos state the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya commissioned new building structures in the state.
The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement disclosed that the COAS said Nigerian Army (NA) under his leadership will provide infrastructure and other facilities for training institutions across the Nigerian Army (NA).
While Commissioning the projects, the COAS stated that the infrastructure development is in consonance with one of the 4 pillars of his philosophy of Command which is “Readiness”, adding, that a key component of training is a conducive environment for learning
General Yahaya used the occasion to commend officers and soldiers of the NA for their apolitical and professional conduct during the last polls held on 25 February 2023.
He noted that the high professional standard exhibited by personnel in synergy with sister services and other security agencies provided the needed safe, secure and conducive atmosphere for the conduct of the elections.
The COAS further charged the troops to sustain the standard to ensure the civil populace exercise their civic responsibilities without fear or anxiety. He pledged to continue to provide requisite logistics for formations and units to discharge their constitutional roles.
Earlier before the commissioning, the Chief of Account and Budget (Army) Major General Adetokunbo Fayemiwo had pointed out, that the Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration (NASFA) is the training arm of the Nigerian Army Finance Corps established in 1968 as the Nigerian Army Pay Corps Training School but was however renamed in 1982 after obtaining accreditation of the National Board for Technical Education to train personnel and award both the National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND).
He disclosed that the institution has so far produced 2,599 ND graduates and 1,943 HND graduates drawn from the three services of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
General Fayemiwo noted that the newly commissioned projects include 2 main lecture halls, 4 staff offices, a School auditorium, a female hostel, Warrant Officers’ and Sergeants’ mess, a Refectory and a bakery.
In another development, the COAS also commissioned the renovated, remodelled and refurbished Alafia Oluwa Primary School, as well as a 12,000 Litre capacity Borehole in Ilasamaja, Mushin, also in Lagos.
The projects, which formed part of the Chief of Army Staff Civil-Military Cooperation intervention projects, aims at giving back to the Nigerian public for their support to the NA.
The Army Chief equally inaugurated a new Radio diagnostics Centre at the 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Yaba. The health facility will expectedly expedite the diagnosis of ailments and guide them on their treatment.
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