While paying a courtesy visit to Farouk Yahaya, chief of army staff, in Abuja on Friday, he said the request became necessary due to the country’s security challenges.
According to NAN, the minister explained that the presence of military officers in various construction sites will boost the workers’ morale and give the expatriates a good sense of security.
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He also requested that access through some military establishments particularly the rail track linking Kaduna and Kano, which was designed to pass through the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) be granted to the ministry.
Amaechi said the access will reduce the construction costs and enhance the development of the barracks’ environment.
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, yesterday declared that the Armed Forces remained committed to ending the crisis of insecurity ravaging the nation.
He said the expected delivery of six A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets by the United States in July and two drones from China, would be a “game changer” in the war against insurgency.
The position of the air force chief is coming on a day the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, sought the assistance of the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, to provide security for train stations and railway construction sites across the country.
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Members of the Yansakai vigilante group sit inside the Zamfara State Government house as their members surrendered more than 500 guns as part of efforts to accept the peace process of the state government (Photo by KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Images)
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LAGOS, NigeriaââThis gun, our forefathers used to use it for catching animals,â said the elderly man as he handled the decrepit rifle.
âThe bandits will be firing at us with AK-47s, AK-49s, and other sorts of machine guns. But those vigilantes who are well equipped with the grass root,â he said, now holding up some herbs, âthe bullet doesnât penetrate their body.â