Nigerian Air Force graduates 1,928 recruits

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has graduated 1,928 recruits who had successfully completed the Basic Military Training Course (BMTC) at the NAF Military Training Centre in Kaduna State.
Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.

Adesanya quoted the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, as saying that this was the first time in its history NAF graduated such a huge number of recruits at the same time.
According to the CAS, the feat was made possible by the recent expansion of the training facilities at the MTC to train up to 2,500 recruits at a time as against the initial capacity of 500 recruits

Abubakar urged the graduands to take advantage of the knowledge and skill they acquired from the newly-introduced Internal Security Module, to safeguard lives and property wherever they were deployed for Internal Security duties.

“Hence, you must submit to civil authority and protect our democracy. I urge you to treat all our people with respect and dignity,” he said.
The CAS also presented awards to the best three graduands in order of merit, namely: Recruits Anyim Emmanuel, Awokoya Adeshola and Nwamiri Chiomaobi, respectively.
The ceremony was attended by many senior military officers, serving and retired, as well as other dignitaries, including the representatives of Kaduna State Governor and the Emir of Zazzau, Dr Shehu Idris.

NAN