By Olayemi Esan
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Faruk Yahaya on Saturday visited the Nigerian Army Fitness Camp in Falgore Camp, Kano, where potential 81 Regular Recruits intake into the Nigerian Army are currently undergoing screening.
Director Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu made this known in a statement in Abuja.
The exercise is part of the Army's effort to shore up the manpower of its personnel and to expose recruits to expected terrain and weather conditions that could be experienced during their training and in the course of their military career.
This strategy gives credence to the COAS' pillars of command, which hinge on professionalism, readiness, administration and cooperation within the Force.
While addressing personnel conducting the exercise, the COAS urged them to carry out their tasks with diligence and professionalism, he insisted that they must be fair and firm while undergoing the exercise.
He further assured the prospects of the Army Headquarters' support in providing them with logistics and other infrastructure necessary for the successful conduct of the exercise.
The COAS restated that the Nigerian Army is collaborating with the Kano State Government to improve infrastructure in the Centre, and expressed appreciation to the government and people of Kano state for their support.
Gen Yahaya took time out to inspect ongoing construction works and the Medical Centre at the training facility.
In order to motivate the potential recruits, the COAS went round to interact and encouraged them for their determination and zeal to serve in the Nigerian Army in defence of their fatherland.
The visit which served as a huge morale booster to the potential recruits, saw most of them singing and rejoicing as they relished the COAS' visit.