The North-East Peoples Forum has welcome a 3-day skill acquisition training for retired military veterans organized the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in collaboration with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council and the Small and Medium Development Agency.
The group in a press release Saturday, signed by its president Waziri Gombe, said the 3-days training held in Gombe from 23 – 25 at the instance of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, is a step in the right direction.
He said the training will enable the veterans engage in productive ventures rather than being tempted to avail their military skills to underserving elements.
According to Gombe, stopping the security challenges in the North-east requires such collaborative efforts.
Gombe said “We appreciate the Defence Headquarters for this training. Definitely, it will reduce the lure for criminality by the veterans, because an idle mind is the devil’s workshop.
“The effort by the DHQ comes at a time ISWAP/Boko Haram are desperately luring our people into becoming fighters.
“We therefore urge the Governor’s of the North-East states to partner with the DHQ in this laudable initiative.
“Once more we appeal to our North-East people to continue to support the Armed Forces of Nigeria to ensure insurgency is brought to an end.”
