NIGERIA DEPLOY TROOPS FOR PEACEKEEPING MISSION TO GAMBIA. (PHOTOS).
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Nigeria Deploy Troops For Peacekeeping Mission To Gambia.
Troops deployed to peacekeeping missions have been charged to remain focused, committed and deliver excellent and exemplary leadership to promote the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
Chief of Operations Army Headquarters,Major General Taoreed Lagbaja gave the charge in a message to the pre-deployment graduation ceremony of Nigerian Company 8 ECOWAS mission in the Gambia, held at the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre, Jaji Kaduna State.
Represented by Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye, the Chief of Operations also charged the Troops to desist from any form of untoward incidents that could dent the image of Nigeria, and must at all times, conduct themselves Professionally.
Major General Lagbaja reminded them of the zero tolerance Policy of the Armed Forces and the United Nations on Sexual exploitation and Abuse,Stressing that appropriate Sanctions would be applied against defaulters.
Earlier in his speech, Deputy Commandant of the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre, Brigadier General Sunday Makolo explained that the aim of the Pre-deployment Training was to equip contingent with the requisite skills to function effectively in their deployment to the Gambia.
He pointed out that the ttraining also focused on both Tactical, as well as Contemporary Cross-Cutting issues like sexual exploitation and Abuse,Conduct and discipline as well as Protection of Civilians amongst others.
Brigadier General Makolo charged the Troops to discharge their duties in line with the Mission Mandate, bearing in mind the Multinational nature of the Mission as well as Cultural and Religious diversities of the Gambia.
A total of One Hundred and Ninety-Seven Troops comprising fourteen officers and one hundred and eighty-three soldiers graduated after undergoing a four week intensive Training.
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