From Sahara Reporters |

The Enugu State government had on Friday also expressed worries over the inability of the state to fill its quota in previous recruitment exercises.

Some of the South-East states are unable to fill their quota of admission into the Nigerian Army over fear of ethnic and religious prejudices, inadequate equipment to prosecute assignments and hoarding of vacancies.

The Enugu State government had on Friday also expressed worries over the inability of the state to fill its quota in previous recruitment exercises.

The government, while announcing the expected visit of a team from the Army Headquarters to the state, urged Enugu youths to take advantage of the ongoing recruitment exercise to be enrolled into the army.

A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Steve Oruruo, urged those interested to seize the opportunity and register.

The statement reads: “Sequel to the opening of the online application portal for the Nigerian Army (NA) Recruitment Exercise for the 84 Regular Recruits intake, which commenced on October 10, 2022, a team from the Nigeria Army Headquarters is slated to visit the government and people of Enugu State from November 5, 2022.

"The visit is to confer and interact with the political leadership and various stakeholders of our state regarding the observed apathy of the young men and women of our state with regard to the previously conducted recruitment exercises. Unfortunately, this has become an appalling and recurring issue adversely affecting Enugu State’s representation in the Nigerian Army according to the data emanating from the Federal Character Commission.

“Regrettably, during the recruitment exercise for the 82 and 83 Regular intakes, Enugu State contingents were only 73 and 49 people respectively as opposed to the 150 slots reserved for the state on each occasion based on the quota system.

“The consequence of today’s inaction is that in time, our dear state would obviously be unevenly represented when other personnel recruited would have progressed in service. Uninformed observers could erroneously misinterpret this scenario in future as marginalisation and imbalance in the federal character.

“To reverse this retrogressive trend therefore, a team from Army Headquarters is billed to meet with the Government of the State, the leadership of various youth organisations, socio-economic and political stakeholders, traditional rulers, town union presidents and the clergy, in order to forge a way forward to educate and enlighten the teeming youths of the state on the merits and prospects of serving the nation through the Nigerian Army.

“It is in this light that the state government hereby enjoins the good people of the state, especially our vibrant and teeming youths, to seize this golden opportunity to be recruited into the prestigious and resilient Nigerian Army. All interested persons are encouraged to speedily proceed to the Nigerian Army Recruitment Portal to submit their applications.”

It would be recalled that in January this year, a similar situation forced the Nigeria Police to extend its recruitment exercise for another 10 days in the South-East, following the inability of the region to meet its quota.

Out of the 81,005 applications received nationwide as of January 7, 2022, 1,404 applications – less than two per cent of the total applications – were received from the five states in the South East, with Anambra State having least figure of 158 applicants.

Penguin2:
Ndi ala!

You fools can go to hell with your Fulani military.

I’m sure they are complaining because they’re now running shortage of Igbo soldiers to send to Sambisa forest while supplying the terrorists with logistics of their movement.

Very foolish idiots!

We are not joining your army, fork off!

Penguin2:
Ndi ala!

You fools can go to hell with your Fulani military.

I’m sure they are complaining because they’re now running shortage of Igbo soldiers to send to Sambisa forest while supplying the terrorists with logistics of their movement.

Very foolish idiots!

We are not joining your army, fork off!

Trinitycian:


Boss, that's too harsh. Let's not let the anger for APC maladministration make us hate Nigeria

Penguin2:


But you know what they do, don’t you?

They send Igbo recruits to terrorists hotbeds in the north and send their Fulani brothers to southeast to be shouting our young boys.

But the problem is not in sending these Igbo recruits to the terrorist hotbeds but that they supply logistics of their movements to the terrorists.

How do you ignore that? Or are you gonna say it doesn’t exist?

Trinitycian:


But most casualties are Hausa/Fulani/Northern soldiers. I understand your fears, but still, we shouldn't come to hasty conclusion that Igbo soldiers are being targeted.