The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has said that the Nigerian Army has trained over 223 of its officers in various military institutions in Bangladesh.
Buratai made this known while receiving the Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Nigeria, Shameen Ashan, on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said that his training experience and requisite knowledge garnered in Bangladesh, had helped him to prosecute the war against insurgency and several other military operations in Nigeria.
Buratai sad that Nigerian army had a lot to gain from their Bangladesh counterpart, adding that the Army authorities would continue to train Nigerian soldiers and officers in such institutions.
Buratai also called on the government of Bangladesh to take advantage of the numerous armed forces training institutions in Nigeria to send their officers aside the Nigerian National Defence Collage (NDC).
Earlier, Bangladeshi High Commissioner, Ashan, said that Nigeria and Bangladesh had maintained cordial bilateral relations in many areas, adding that the two countries shared a lot of similarities.
