Lagbaja Lauds Kano Residents for Supporting Troops, Commissions Renovated School

Lagbaja Lauds Kano Residents for Supporting Troops, Commissions Renovated School

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has commissioned the newly renovated Fagge Model Primary School in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State.

The renovation is part of the NA’s non-kinetic efforts at containing the multifaceted security challenges facing the Nation.

The COAS, who was represented by the General Officer Commanding 1 Division NA and Force Commander Operation Whirl Punch, Major General Valentine Okoro, stated that the NA places great importance on non-Kinetic lines of operation, especially in the Host Communities where military operations are conducted.

He urged the good people of the state to continue to avail the NA and other security agencies with timely and useful information that will enable them provide the required safe and secured environment for socio-economic activities to strive.

He added that the renovation of the school, as well as provision of desks and seats, furnishing of laboratory and computer room, staff rooms, head teachers and principal offices, toilet for pupils, installation of solar panels and batteries for the computer room, computer tables and chairs for the classrooms among other critical facilities, is part of the NA’s non-kinetic efforts at containing the multifaceted security challenges facing the Nation.

He further revealed that more than 170 CIMIC projects have been completed by the NA across the 6 geopolitical zones of the country and promised that more will be done.

The representative of the Executive Governor of Kano State, the Acting Chairman State Universal Basic Education Board, Hajiya Amina Umar, commended the architectural prowess of the school which provides conducive environment for learning and understanding for the pupils. She also reiterated the importance of education to the society and thanked the COAS for the facelift.

The project Executor, Maj Gen Auwal Fagge, thanked the COAS for giving his community the project and further urged the community to make good use of the school and the facilities provided.

In appreciation, the Chairman Fagge Local Government Area, Hon Shehu Ibrahim, thanked the Nigerian Army on behalf of the community for using their son to impact their lives. In his words; “we are indeed grateful for these project and God will continue to uphold the Nigerian Army in keeping the country safe at all time”.

By PRNigeria