The House of Representatives has called on the authorities to recruit additional 100,000 soldiers as part of -going effort to tackle insecurity in the country. The decision followed the adoption of the report of the Mr Abdulrazak Namdas led committee on Army which proved into the recent attack by Boko Haram Insurgents at Auno Village in Borno State. Namdas while presenting the report noted: “The Federal Government should, as a matter of national emergency, empower the Nigerian Army to recruit additional one hundred thousand (100,000) soldiers to make up for the shortfall in manpower–the same way it did during the civil war. “We believe this can be achieved, given the huge number of unemployed youths that are available and ready to enlist into the Army. The number of Nigerians killed by insurgents and bandits is far higher than the number of people killed by COVID–19.

Source: The Guardian June 02, 2020 19:30 UTC