The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya will on Monday perform the flag-off of Exercises GOLDEN DAWN, ENDURING PEACE and STILL WATER nationwide.
According to Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the CoAS will symbolically flag-off all exercises at the venue of Exercise GOLDEN DAWN which will take place at Ovie-Emene, Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Nwachukwu noted that these Field Training Exercises (FTEs) are routines conducted yearly by the Nigerian Army, designed to effectively check all forms of criminality and allow for free movement of persons during the yuletide.
He added that the FTEs will equally provide a platform to sharpen the skills of participating troops on the conduct of internal security operations.
Nwachukwu said the exercises will run concurrently in 2, 6, 81 and 82 Divisions Areas of Responsibilities in the South West, South South and South East regions respectively.
He said it will also be conducted in Headquarters Command Army Records, 401 Special Forces Brigade and Guards Brigade Areas of Responsibilities in the North Central States of Kogi, Benue and the Federal Capital territory respectively.
Nwachukwu said troops will be taken through operational rigours to effectively respond to security challenges, ranging from kidnapping, banditry, thuggery, brigandage, armed robbery, cultism, communal crisis, violent secessionist agitations, farmers-herders clashes and insurgency, amongst other sundry crimes.
He said this will be complimented by robust civil-military relations activities in identified communities in the envisaged areas of responsibilities.
This intervention calls for critical stakeholders to support the NA and other security agencies to stem the tide of crimes and criminality across the areas, particularly as the yuletide approaches, he said.
Nwachukwu enjoined members of the public not to panic at sighting the movement of troops and equipment, urging them to continue to support the Nigerian Army and other security agencies with credible information on the activities of criminals in their vicinity.
He encouraged Nigerians to take ownership of the exercise for a seamless celebration during the yuletide.
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