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The Nigerian Army has urged the youths in Abia and other South-East States to answer a national clarion call by joining the Nigerian Army to serve the nation.

The call was made in Umuahia on Thursday during the first edition of an awareness campaign organized by the department of Civil-Military Affairs, Nigerian Army for youths, traditional rulers and other civil society groups.

The guest speaker at the programme, Maj Gen Gold Chibuisi (Rtd) who delivered a lecture, encouraged the youths of the South-East to stop shunning the Army service but to embrace career opportunities in the Army in fields of medicine, law, engineering and other areas.

He downplayed the fears about profiling of Igbo soldiers and dismissed the stories that junior soldiers from particular parts of the country were usually selected and sent to fight dangerous war fronts.

Gen. Chibuisi assured the South-East youths that their promotion and welfare would not be denied, and urged parents to allow their children to enroll into the force.

Also speaking, Maj. Gen Chukwunedum Abraham (Rtd) said the figure from the last Army recruitment in Nigeria showed that Imo State recorded only 671 applicants while 428 persons from Ebonyi State applied, lamenting that the figures were very low when compared to other geo-political zones.

The Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Nigerian Army, Maj.Gen Musa Awwal Etsu-Ndagi in his summary, said the programme was put together to sensitise the youths and opinion leaders about opportunities in the Nigerian Army and to address any misconception about the force.

In his speech, Abia State Governor, Alex Otti reiterated his call on Abia youths to enroll into the Nigerian Army, saying that the State should not be counted among the lowest in Army and other military enrolment figures

He expressed worry that Army recruitment forms that came to Abia State in the past few years recorded low applications, but assured that his administration would ride on the back of the maiden edition awareness campaign to change the narrative.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/03/06/stop-shunning-our-recruitment-exercises-nigerian-army-urges-south-east-youths/

The military is obviously looking for those they will sacrifice to terrorists and bandits. I'm 100% certain that Igbo youths take all their NDA slots.

Nobody wants to work at the low cadre (non-commissioned) where you will take instructions from a general who is sympathetic to terrorists and still give information to the same terrorists that will wipe out you and the regiment.

...to serve Nigeria is not by force.

Una never see anything.

Even right now self,if Nigerian army carry free luxurious bus enter ughelli for recruitment,I believe say no single soul go gree join

Y'all should keep on playing with the lives of southerners by sending them to go and die in the north Whereas the northerners know the politics they're playing

Make the army free from terrorist, the SE people will join

Hehehe the Igbo youths are much smarter now. Thank God they didn't follow the footsteps of there father's all because of one Nigeria 💪🏽💪🏽👍🏽

80% slot should be given to south east

So that you can be leading them to their early graves abi. They don't want to be part of Nigeria. That's their message.

Nnpc or dpr work no der.u guys should enjoy una recruitment

dawnomike:
...to serve Nigeria is not by force.

Una go sooner or later come back to wail and cry that SE is not well represented in the Nigerian Army.
I can bet my 2 ball is on that happening sooner or later. It's a given. They will even blame Tinubu 0 years from now for preventing them from joining the Army.
Go and write it down.

Join what?
Lols
Dey play
Smh
🚶‍♂️

Only in the South east?

In my state Delta, we have REJECTED the call on our youth to join the Army.

It's better to be an OkadaMan Than to join the Yeye organization called Nigerian army.

@least s0ft Brea.sts can be Pressing ur Back when you carry Babe pass port holes.

PigTormentor:
Una go sooner or later co.e back to wail and cry that SE is not well represented in the Nigerian Army

Don't worry o
We give the slots to the SW
Make dem lokan am

Let the governors, senators , house of rep and assembly members enlist their children first, then other people will follow.

COMRADES are speechless, this is funny and serious oo

Why Don't NNPC ,CBN, Custom, DSS, EFCC, NSA, Conduct Open Recruitment Like The Military?

The Nigerian Army has urged the youths in Abia and other South-East States to answer a national clarion call by joining the Nigerian Army to serve the nation.



What sort of nonsense is this?

Jobs from CBN, NNPC, NDDC, etc are for children of the elites. But make poor man pikin answer national clarion for military man job. Issokay

PigTormentor:
Una go sooner or later come back to wail and cry that SE is not well represented in the Nigerian Army.
I can bet my 2 ball is on that happening sooner or later. It's a given. They will even blame Tinubu 0 years from now for preventing them from joining the Army.
Go and write it down.

Your b ...alls are use..less to women so don't bet it. I have an Igbo friend struggling for years to get a slot to attend NDA, but it has been a mission impossible.

Nobody cares about non-commissioned cadets. People care about high-rank positions. They play a lot of politics at that level.

Lol.. na true.. abeg talk another thing joor

I am a youth; I am not for army recruitment. There are other ways to serve the country, if there is a need to do so.

Decimation tactics. They succeeded in decimating the Christian youths in the middle belt, dem want do am for South East, after dem use army kpai all the naive recruits, Fulani go move into the region without any opposition

They should hold their army recruitment, state police is coming, am sure the south east youths will join their state police 100%. All those bandits from the north in the forest go suffer well well.

Thank you very much the number one South East lover.
When it's time to employ people in custom, nnpc, firs, Central Bank and the rest juicey government agencies, no one will remember the people of South East.

PigTormentor:
Una go sooner or later come back to wail and cry that SE is not well represented in the Nigerian Army.
I can bet my 2 ball is on that happening sooner or later. It's a given. They will even blame Tinubu 0 years from now for preventing them from joining the Army.
Go and write it down.

Go and enlist them forcefully naww... You marginalise them yet want them to devote their lives to serve...

PigTormentor:
Una go sooner or later come back to wail and cry that SE is not well represented in the Nigerian Army.
I can bet my 2 ball is on that happening sooner or later. It's a given. They will even blame Tinubu 0 years from now for preventing them from joining the Army.
Go and write it down.

Oga get out.

Carry SE slots give the entire youths in your village.

Until you people purge the NAF of terrorists no SE man will enlist.

Kiss the truth.

One of the enemy of Southeast is NA

Those that are encouraging the south east youths to join the Army, I have one question for you, how many of your children have joined the Army?

South East youths will not be used for target practice by terrorists. Call the children of politicians.

By the way, let us know when DSS, CBN, FIRS and other juicy institutions are recruiting.

During the interaction session, did the army try to know the reason for the low turn out in the south east states. They should investigate the reasons first before they proffer a solution. There must be a reason why youths of a particular region would shun joining a professional institution like the NA.

Sooner or later, the SE will lie and blame Tinubu tht he didnt let their kins into the Nigeria Army. In years to come when these soldiers begin get promotions and no souther Eastern make the cut, you will all forget this day and shouting nepotism

So you can sacrifice them to the north east , I like the south east people

PigTormentor:
Una go sooner or later come back to wail and cry that SE is not well represented in the Nigerian Army.
I can bet my 2 ball is on that happening sooner or later. It's a given. They will even blame Tinubu 0 years from now for preventing them from joining the Army.
Go and write it down.

Funny of you to think you have balls.