In a bid to enhance skills and various agro-allied businesses the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering (NASME), revealed that it embarked on the training of 25 women in Makurdi, Benue State, on a three-month intensive course on modern fish farming.
Col. Sagir Musa, Deputy Director, Public Relations, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, made the revelation on Saturday that the trainees graduated on Oct. 27 and that the GOC, 82 Div. Maj.-Gen. Adamu Abubakar, had presented certificates to the 25 graduates of the course which was conducted by the NSAME for the remuneration of the selected interested women of the NASME Cantonment, Makurdi.
Musa further said that this followed the successful initiation and establishment of Barracks Investment Initiative Programme (BIIP) in all army barracks and cantonments across the nation by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai.
Musa said in line with the COAS directive, the Commandant NASME, Maj.- Gen. A.O. Shodanke, has ensured the establishment of several agro-allied businesses, training programmes, skills acquisition and co-operative societies for NASME community.
“The focus is to ensure that barracks women, youths and the unemployed graduates and other school leavers in the barracks are gainfully employed in agro related busineses,’’ he said.
He further mentioned that Shodanke noted the engineering school had set up simple modern facilities for mega chick hatchery, fish farming, goat rearing and cattle ranches to cater for all categories of interested members of the NASME family.
“I am happy to state that the number of emerging income earners arising from the noble initiative of the COAS is daily on the increase here in NASME cantonment,’’ Musa quoted Shodanke.
The army spokesperson also stated that Abubakar highlighted the various accomplishment of the BIIP; while praising the leadership of the NASME for making frantic effort towards the realisation of the dignified intention of the COAS.
The event featured presentation of simple workable pamphlets; that contain well structured training guide on fish farming and breeding techniques, among others.
