According to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, when he took office in 2015, he inherited a country that was at a crossroads with bombs going off in several cities.
At the passing-out parade and commissioning ceremony for the cadets of Regular Course 69 of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna state, the President made this statement.
However, he said that for the past seven years, his government had been successful in managing Nigeria’s security crisis.
The President gave the cadets a challenge to emulate the spirit of social cohesiveness they gained at the NDA and serve as unimpeachable role models for society, adding that they were born at a time of growing challenges to international security.
239 cadets in all, including those from sister African nations including Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone, the Niger Republic, and Chad, are graduating from the Academy as enlisted soldiers.
