{"id":34445,"date":"2021-01-05T17:36:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T17:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=34445"},"modified":"2021-01-05T15:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T15:44:10","slug":"nigerian-military-to-recruit-8000-soldiers-ndume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-military-to-recruit-8000-soldiers-ndume","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian military to recruit 8,000 soldiers \u2013 Ndume"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian military will soon recruit 8000 soldiers for counter-terrorism and anti-banditry campaigns.<\/p>\n

Senator Ali Ndume (APC-Borno), Chairman, Senate Committee on Nigerian Army, made the disclosure to reporters on Monday in Maiduguri.<\/p>\n

Ndume expressed hope that in 2021, military counter-terrorism operations would curtail terror activities and other security challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of the normal recruitment of 4,000 or 6,000 soldiers at a time, we have asked them (the military) to recruit about 8,000 soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new recruits are undergoing training in Zaria and Falgori in order to beef up the number of the troops,\u201d the lawmaker said.<\/p>\n

Ndume added that the Nigerian Army had taken delivery of more sophisticated equipment for its operations.<\/p>\n

The Senator said the budget for Operation Lafiya Dole\u2019s Theatre Command has been increased to N100billion in 2021 from about N75billion in 2020.<\/p>\n

He lauded the military for standing in defence of the country in spite of challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Nigerian military will soon recruit 8000 soldiers for counter-terrorism and anti-banditry campaigns. Senator Ali Ndume (APC-Borno), Chairman, Senate Committee on Nigerian Army, made the disclosure to reporters on Monday in Maiduguri. Ndume expressed hope that in 2021, military counter-terrorism operations would curtail terror activities and other security challenges. \u201cInstead of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":34444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1027,254,2130],"class_list":["post-34445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-ndume","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-military"],"yoast_head":"\nNigerian military to recruit 8,000 soldiers \u2013 Ndume - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigerian military will soon recruit 8000 soldiers for counter-terrorism and anti-banditry campaigns.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-military-to-recruit-8000-soldiers-ndume\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerian military to recruit 8,000 soldiers \u2013 Ndume\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigerian military will soon recruit 8000 soldiers for counter-terrorism and anti-banditry campaigns.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-military-to-recruit-8000-soldiers-ndume\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-05T17:36:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/img-5ff4892044727.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"672\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-military-to-recruit-8000-soldiers-ndume#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-military-to-recruit-8000-soldiers-ndume\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerian military to recruit 8,000 soldiers \u2013 Ndume\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-05T17:36:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-military-to-recruit-8000-soldiers-ndume\"},\"wordCount\":155,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-military-to-recruit-8000-soldiers-ndume#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/img-5ff4892044727.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Ndume\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nigerian military\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-military-to-recruit-8000-soldiers-ndume#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-military-to-recruit-8000-soldiers-ndume\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-military-to-recruit-8000-soldiers-ndume\",\"name\":\"Nigerian military to recruit 8,000 soldiers \u2013 Ndume - 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