GOC commissions soldiers’ quarters in Bauchi

The General Officer Commanding 3 Division and Commander Operation Safe Haven (GOC/Comd OPSH), Major-General Abdussalam E. Abubakar, has commissioned three blocks of 12 flats newly remodelled and renovated for 36 families of soldiers in the 33 Artillery Brigade, Shadawanka Barracks, Bauchi. A  statement signed by Lieutenant  Atang Hallet Solomon, the acting Assistant Director, Army Public […]

The General Officer Commanding 3 Division and Commander Operation Safe Haven (GOC/Comd OPSH), Major-General Abdussalam E. Abubakar, has commissioned three blocks of 12 flats newly remodelled and renovated for 36 families of soldiers in the 33 Artillery Brigade, Shadawanka Barracks, Bauchi.

A  statement signed by Lieutenant  Atang Hallet Solomon, the acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, and made available to newsmen in Bauchi, noted that General  Abubakar, represented by the commander, 33 Artillery Brigade, Brigadier-General Emmanuel Egbe, expressed appreciation to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General T.A Lagbaja for his commitment to renovating and remodelling structures in Nigerian Army barracks.

He said the gesture would go a long way in addressing the accommodation challenges in Shadawanka Barracks, adding that the edifice would further motivate troops to give the best in their service to the country.

General Abubakar advised occupants of the newly renovated accommodation to take proper care of the facility.

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He said that the COAS used a lot of fund to give the structures a facelift, and urged them to maintain the structures and report anyone who deliberately mismanages or damages the newly reconstructed quarters to the appropriate authority for sanctions.

Abubakar said the remodelling and renovation were necessary to keep the morale of troops high.