As part of his welfare schemes to improve troops' living and working conditions in the Division, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede has commissioned the 2 Division Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) Station in Ibadan.
Director Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu in a press statement noted that the filling station is located at the Adekunle Fajuyi Cantonment and a Military Police Holding Facility in Mokola Barracks.
The COAS also approved the immediate rehabilitation of the Warrant Officers' and Sergeants' Mess, located at the Adekunle Fajuyi Cantonment, and the 81 Battalion Officers' Mess, Mokola.
The COAS later inspected ongoing rehabilitation of soldiers' Quarters in both Cantonments.
He maintained that his priority remains the welfare of soldiers of the NA, and their families.
He reeled off ongoing welfare concerns to include regular provision of uniforms, kits and combat enablers, improved office and residential accommodation, access to soft loan schemes, increased Ration Cash cum instructors' Allowances (RCA) as well as affordable housing to cushion their retirement.
