The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai, has called on the North-East Development Commission, NEDC to support its rebuilding efforts in the North-East.
Buratai who made the call when he paid a courtesy call on the Chairman of the Commission, Paul Tarfa in Abuja, said that the Army had embarked on series of programmes in the North-East, ranging from capacity development of women and youths to reconstruction projects in the region.
According to him, “This will be the beginning of a good relationship between the Army and NEDC because we have a common goal, because of the challenges in the region. He assured the Commission that the Army would give the Commission the full support in order to fulfil its mandate in the region.
Responding, the Chairman of the Commission, commended the Nigerian Army under Buratai for its successes in the fight against insurgency in the North-East.
On his part, the Managing Director of NEDC Mohammed Alkali,
said the military is one of the commission’s strategic partners in the
North-East, adding that NEDC could not do anything in the region without it.
