Hundreds Benefit From NDA Free Medical Outreach

Flagging Off the event, Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Major General A Oyebade, noted that the event provides another view of military/civil relations, where the military provides much needed humanitarian services to the civilian population.

He indicated that the event which help broaden the minds of young cadets to fully appreciate the need to affect the lives of civilians around them when they are eventually commissioned as officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

In the same tone, the Agwom Ikulu of Ikulu Chiefdom, HRH Yohanah S Kukah, commended the Commandant and the entire staff and cadets of NDA on what he termed a historic event in the life of Ikulu Chiefdom, noting that the medical outreach has given members of his community a sense of belonging.

He further commended the armed forces for their tireless fight against insurgents and extremists in various parts of the country.

Following the outreach, the Academy also donated text books, treated mosquito nets and several items to members of the community.

Further to these, the Commandant, Maj Gen A Oyebade, while reacting to a request by the Agwom Ikulu for NDA to assist the community with the provision of clean source of water, made a solemn premise on behalf of the Academy to provide two boreholes for the community.