320 military men for retirement next week
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a total of 320 military personnel will retire from the armed forces next week says air vice marshal austine jekenu commandant nigerian armed forces resettlement centre nafrc1 jekenu told newsmen at the centre in oshodi lagos on wednesday that the retiring military men were drawn from the army the air force and the navy1 a total of 320 servicemen comprising of 262 from the nigerian army 44 from the nigerian navy and 14 from the nigerian air force would be graduating from the nafrc he said1 jekenu said that the retiring servicemen went through months of intensive training on skills acquisition and entrepreneurship at nafrc1 he said the training was to prepare the retirees for life after military service1 according to him the centre has the mandate to provide necessary training geared towards preparing retiring servicemen for reintegration into civil life1 he said that the initiative was to enable the beneficiaries adjust and appropriately blend with the peculiarities of retirement and contribute actively to national economy as worthy civilians1 jekenu urged all the retiring servicemen to positively contribute to boost national economy in whatever business they engaged in1 the centre graduates 2 courses annually and it is on record that we have trained over 41 000 ex-servicemen of the nigerian armed forces since its inception he said1 the commandant who said that the passing out ceremony for the course participants would hold on june 22 added that the minister for defence mansur dan ali would grace the occasion1