Army Chief Says Troops Must Be Adaptive To Innovation.

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has directed field commanders and troops to be adaptive and embrace innovation to ensure adversaries of the country are brought to their knees.

He said, the nation was in a more volatile and complex period than before, urging the commanders to be innovative, and also implored them to restore peace and stability in areas experiencing security challenges across the nation.

Speaking during the opening ceremony of the Chief of Army Staff Conference, Lagbaja said the troops and commanders must remain committed to their constitutional mandates of preservation of the nation’s territorial integrity, safeguarding the lives and properties of loyal citizens, and upholding the principles of justice and equity and must be ready to take up more non-traditional military responsibilities.

Lagbaja urged the troops and commanders to enhance their intelligence gathering and respect human rights while going about their duties.

The Army Chief also said he has directed the Managing Director of Post-Service Housing Development Limited to set aside five per cent of the Affordable Home Ownership Option for All Soldiers Scheme in each estate for allocation to the wounded and disabled soldiers, adding that, the programmeis aimed at alleviating the hardship soldiers face in securing personal accommodation for post-service life.