To ensure that its personnel are fit to carry out their
military duties, especially in the face of insurgency and militancy
bedevilling the North-east and Southern part of the country, the
Nigerian Navy on Saturday conducted a physical fitness test on its officers and men in Lagos.
Leading the perosnnel in the 10km route march, the Flag
Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Ferguson
Bobai, said it was targeted at keeping personnel fit for military
duties.
While addressing the personnel at Navy Town, Ojo, where the
route march started from and headed to Kirikiri Prisons and back to
Navy Air Station, the FOC said it was also to foster espirit de corps.
He said, “The event is targetted at keeping personnel fit
for military duties, fostering espirit de corps and providing an avenue
as well as to deter criminalities in the command’s area of
responsibility.
”In the face of current security challenges in the country,
the need to keep personnel fit for operation cannot be overemphasised.
This is why fitness and mental aletness are among the critical element
of the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok Ibas’ policy thrust.
”It is with this in mind that the Nigerian Navy organises
the one-day route march every quarter aimed at raising the level of
physical fitness of personnel.”
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