NAF commissions new residential accommodation for personnel in Minna
- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) always stands out when compared to other military institutions in Nigeria
- The NAF under the current Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, takes the welfare of its personnel very seriously
- A newly built residential quarters at the 351 NAF Base Minna, Niger state has been commissioned
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commissioned additional 18 x 2 Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) and 18 x one Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) residential quarters at the 351 NAF Base Minna, Niger state.
Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, represented by the Chief of Administration, Air Vice Marshal Ibrahim Yahaya, stated that the provision of good quality living accommodation for both married and single personnel of the NAF would continue to be one of the top priorities of the current NAF leadership.
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According to Air Marshal Abubakar, this is in consonance with global best practices in more advanced armed forces, adding that the provision of suitable accommodation is essential to ensuring the welfare of its personnel. This, he said, promotes, inculcates and reinforces discipline, training, a sense of honour, responsibility and esprit de corps among personnel.
While charging the beneficiaries of the newly constructed accommodation to ensure adequate maintenance of the facilities, the CAS also urged the personnel to rededicate themselves to duties to ensure effective and efficient service delivery.
“This is more so that you are now required to be more actively involved in the provision of the much needed security within the state as well as participate in various internal security operations such as Operation SHARANDAJI, Operation ZUMA and the just concluded KARAMIN GORO in addition to special joint internal security patrols, among others,” he said.
In the past 3 years, the NAF has embarked on the construction of several buildings and upgrade of infrastructural facilities in its bases all over Nigeria. This is in view of its increasing personnel strength to cope with recent expansions to bring security closer to the people.
RecentLy, NAF honoured late Aircraftman Jamilu L, in appreciation of his sacrifice to end insurgency in Nigeria, by naming the newly constructed block of 30 units of one-bedroom self-contained apartments after him.
The late airman, who paid the supreme price while serving in Operation Zaman Lafiya in the northeast, was recognized for placing the interest of the nation above personal interest.
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