Armed Forces: FG Assures Air Force Of Adequate Infrastructures - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
June 27, 2019
The Federal Government has assured the Nigerian AirForce of its commitment toward ensuring adequate provision of basicinfrastructures and welfare incentives for personnel of Armed Forces of Nigeria.
Air Force Director of Public Relations andInformation, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement inAbuja.
Daramola quoted the Permanent Secretary, Ministry ofDefence MOD, Nuratu Batagarawa, as giving the assurance during the inaugurationof a newly built block of six 3-bedroom flats at the NAF Base, Asokoro, Abuja.
Daramola said the newly built block of six 3-bedroomflats at Asokoro was named after late Group Captain Ubong Akpan.
He said the late senior officer who was a combathelicopter pilot, died while on a combat mission in counterinsurgencyoperations in the Northeast on November 13, 2014.
Daramola said the immortalisation of late Akpan wasin keeping with the Nigerian Air Force tradition of immortalising fallenheroes, especially those that paid the supreme price while serving the nation.