President
of the Senate, Senator David Mark, for the umpteenth time took stock of the
unabating insecurity and terrorism tearing the nation apart and tasked the
Nigerian Armed Forces to fight harder in order to keep Nigeria united and
secured.
Senator
Mark said the insecurity situation has become so worrisome that Nigerians seems
to be worried about their future.
He however noted that the Armed Forces
"remains the last man standing in
this difficult situation.
Senator
Mark was speaking after the National Coordinator of 2015 Armed Forces Remembrance
Day, Brigadier General Rogers Nicholas decorated him with the emblem.
He assured that the government is conscious of
the challenges faced by the officers and men of the Armed Forces especially in the North east region
where militants believed to be Islamic
sect, Boko Haram is holding the region captive .
Senator Mark promised that the Government is
more than ever before prepared to improve on their welfare including modern
equipment to fight the war.
In
addition the senate President tasked the military Training and Doctrine Unit to
propose a legislation to the National Assembly on how to provide for the upkeep
of members of the families of the fallen heroes who died in the course of
fighting to keep Nigeria one .
The National Coordinator of the 2015 Armed
Forces Remembrance Day, Brigadier General Rogers Nicholas explained that the
annual event is to remember the supreme sacrifices of our fallen heroes who fought to keep Nigeria together
saying "whatever proceeds realized
from the sale of the emblem would be channeled for the upkeep of the
dependents of the fallen heroes.
0 comments:
Post a Comment