Personnel of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army on Saturday carried out sanitation exercises at designated areas in Obio/Akpor area of Rivers State as part of activities to mark the 2019 Nigerian Army Day celebration (NADCEL).
Soldiers turned out in large numbers and cleaned the busy Rumuokoro market, car park road, and surrounding environment.
Brig.-Gen. Adeola Kalejaiye, the Commander of 6 Division Garrison, Nigerian Army Port Harcourt, said that NADCEL was significant to the army.
According to him: “The army is very conscious of the environment, hence the need to clean up the market as part of our NADCEL.
“So, today, we are carrying out environment sanitation as part of our civil-military relationship. We are ready to cooperate with everyone.
“The army takes cleanliness of the environment very seriously,” he said.
He noted that soldiers were part of the society, and as such, need the cooperation of the people to effectively carry out their assigned duties.
This Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Council, Solomon Eke, who commended the army for coming out from the barracks to clean up the market, said the army had through the clean up showed that it truly cared for the environment.
He, however, expressed surprise that even market traders did not come out to clean their own market; but rather it is the Nigerian army that is doing it for them.
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