President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has inaugurated the newly constructed barracks in Abuja named after him.
The barracks built to address the shortage of accommodation will house officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army.
Situated at Asokoro Abuja, it comprises of 16 major generals’ quarters, 34 brigadier generals’ quarters, 60 major colonels’ flats and 60 lieutenant captains’ flats.
It also includes 180 senior non-commissioned officers blocks of flats, 264 corporal and below flats, worship centres, sports facilities and a power house in the barracks.
Remarking on it, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, said President Tinubu deserved naming the new army barracks after him.
The naming, Oluyede said was in appreciation of Tinubu’s extraordinary support and commitment to improving the welfare and operational needs of the army, particularly in reducing its accommodation burden.
He said the project was initiated and executed by his predecessor Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya and Late Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja.
The Chief of Army Staff stated that over 40 per cent of the Nigerian Army personnel were without accommodation, stressing that the Nigerian army still faced an acute shortage of accommodation, which must be addressed as they continued to defeat insecurity nationwide and reintegrated frontline troops into the barracks.
