Connect with us

Career

Defence Headquarters to Attract Youths to the Military through its “Operation Brain Gain” Exercise

Avatar photo

Published

 on

Chief of Defence Staff-General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin

Chief of defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin

The Chief of Defence Staff General Abayomi Olonisakin represented by Director, Civil-Military Relations, Major General Richard Duru said in a press conference on Wednesday that the Defence Headquarters in its drive to close the manpower gap in the Military began the “Operation Brain Gain” Exercise to attract youths to the Armed Forces.

The exercise, which started on April 3rd, and was also conducted on April 8th, is aimed at creating “a pool of intelligent and smart Nigerians” to operate sophisticated and smarter military equipment.

He also said that the exercise will have various eight-man teams, headed by a star officer, visit 111 secondary schools in the six geopolitical zones of the country.

Olonisakin said that the students will be placed on good conduct, moral up rightness and patriotism during the sensitisation exercise. He also pointed out that the exercise will help in breaking some of the myths about the military profession.

He said that the exercise would target states that had been short of filling their quota in the military “so as to bring them at par with others”.

Source: Today.ng

Advertisement

Star Features

css.php