The Chief of Army Staff, Faruk Yahaya, says the Nigerian Army has the capacity and moral strength to deliver on its constitutional mandates of defending the nation.

Mr Yahaya said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the closing of the Chief of Army Staff First Quarter Conference, 2023.

While commending troops for their commitment and sacrifices across theatres of operations and the February 25 and March 18 elections, he said there was no legal task beyond the Nigerian army to achieve. He charged them to sustain the tempo in defence of the nation’s territorial integrity.

Mr Yahaya added that the collective efforts of the personnel had led to operational successes recorded across the theatres of operations. He also tasked them to consolidate such efforts to sustain the achievements and eradicate terrorism and other nefarious activities from the country.

The COAS urged commanders to improve on recorded successes and pay attention to troops’ conduct in all operations.

“I must also remark that we have (the) capacity and moral strength to deliver on our constitutional mandate. We should, therefore, always be reminded that we are men of honour, and we should perform our duty with courage and complete loyalty,” the army chief explained.

Mr Yahaya charged commanders to awaken the consciousness of adherence to basic tenets of tactics and field craft. He urged them to ensure thorough and detailed briefings and debriefing of troops before and after operations.

He further tasked them to maintain all the equipment under their commands and device measures for safekeeping and accounting of all arms and ammunition.

“Commanding officers must take full responsibility for their units and always apply their initiatives in taking charge of their units. We must, therefore, put all hands on deck to ensure the event turns out as (the) flagship of Nigerian Army parades,” he added.

(NAN)