– Commandant NAFRC, Air Vice
Marshal Mike Iloenyosi, said the
training was to ensure retired
military personnel have decent and
sustainable livelihood.
– Commandant NAFRC, Air Vice
Marshal Mike Iloenyosi, disclosed
that about 80% of the trainees were
from the Nigerian Army.
– NAFRC had produced several
successful graduates who are doing
great in their acquired skills and are
now employers of labour in the
society.

Soldiers fighting Boko Haram in the
Northern part of Nigeria In order to ensure that soldiers live a
comfortable life after serving their
father’s land, the Nigerian Armed
Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC),
Oshodi, has commenced training for
over 600 soldiers. The Nation reports that Commandant
NAFRC, Air Vice Marshal Mike
Iloenyosi, on Thursday, January 28
told newsmen that the training was to
ensure retired military personnel have
decent and sustainable livelihood. Iloenyosi, inaugurated the soldiers
into the six months pre-retirement
course, disclosed that about 80% of
the trainees were from the Nigerian
Army, adding that the vocational
training institution was set up to ensure smooth transition for retiring
military personnel. He said the trainees will be equipped
with skills and trades that would
enable them live a good life after
retirement. He noted that the centre
does not prepare officers for re-
engagement in the military after retirement, reiterating that the lectures
the trainees will receive are meant for
profitable, self-sustainability and easy
integration into the civil society. “The training they get here is not to be
redrafted for active service. The
essence of this course is to give them
vocational skills and entrepreneurial
knowledge to be able to manage their
resources more efficiently, as well as easily adapt to post – service life. “These gallant soldiers have been in
service for an average of 35 years and
so, redrafting them into active or
combat service is not the essence,
rather, it is for them to be adequately
prepared to manage their resources and package, so that if some of them
have cottage industry, for instance,
they will be able to run same well. “You must call to mind that their capital
base is minimal and so, we are
interested in their being able to
harness it through low capital budget
ventures,” he said.

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