Onuminya Ochowechi in Sokoto
The General Officer, Commanding (GOC) 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Maj. Gen. Godwin Mutkut, has commended personnel who participated in the Division’s 2023 Inter-Brigade Corporal and Below Competition.
The competition is part of the Nigerian Army training activities that holds every year in all the army divisions across the country.
Addressing participants at the end of the five day event which held Thursday at the training ground of the 26 Battalion, Sokoto, Mutkut said, the competition was aimed at enhancing strength, confidence and combat readiness of the officers to face any security challenge.
Mutkut who is also the Commander, Joint Taskforce North West “Operation Hadarin Daji”, said the
competition had achieved the desired objectives and urged the officers to be more productive in their given tasks .
The GOC added that, the competition was organised to improve junior leadership training, organisational ability and inculcate initiatives in the stipulated rank of non-commission officers in the division.
“Apart from competing among yourselves, I believe that the competition has fostered what we all desired to achieve.
“Likewise, the stamina and endurance displayed by the various commission during the combat and just concluded obstacle competition is indeed highly commendable.
“Those of you that performed well in this competition would be privileged to represent the division at Nigerian Army level of the competition,” the GOC said.
Also in a vote of thanks, the Garrison Commander, 8 Division, Brig. Gen. Taye Ahmed, who hosted the competition, commended the participants for their hard work, urging them to do more in the next competition.
The Sokoto Garrison emerged winner of the competition while 17 Brigade Katsina and 1 Brigade, Gusau, Zamfara state emerged second and third positions respectively.
The competition featured proficiency-enhancing activities such as swimming, weapon handling, map reading and navigation, shooting and obstacle crossing.
