Nigerian Army to deploy female soldiers to intelligence, signal corps

The newly commissioned female officers to the Nigerian Army will be deployed to the Intelligence, Signal and Ordnance Corps, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai has revealed.

Buratai spoke after the the Passing out Parade of 133 Cadets, including 18 females from the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna on Saturday.

The COAS said the female soldiers were needed at the battle ground as well as the background.

“We have a situation whereby we have to bring them – female officers on board. We have considered several options and several implications as regard our cultural sensitivities and general environment.

“We need to have them where they will have to play their role in the military. We need to address the issue of gender both in peace and war times”, he said.

“Look at what we are facing in the North East, majority of the Internally Displaced Persons are females, female officers have important roles to play for the IDPs, to find a way to take care of them being the same female folk in terms of cultural issues,” he added.

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