No fewer than 1,176 young men and women have been recruited by the Nigerian Navy to aid its fight against sea pirates and oil bunkers in the nation’s maritime domain.
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olonisakin said this at the formal Passing Out Parade of Batch 28 recruits trained at the Nigerian Navy Basic Training School in Onne, Rivers State.
He said the trainees underwent rigorous physical and mental training for seven months to prepare them for internal security operations across the country.
Olonisakin said the Navy under the current leadership, had provided enabling environment as well as requisite logistic requirements to enhance standard of training.
He said the trainees were joining the Navy at a time the Armed Forces were involved in many complex and challenging internal security operations across the country.Olonisakin said the nation’s economy was largely dependent on resources and trading activities on the waterways, and as such, urged the navy to open and secure the sea.
