Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Tukur Burutai has said the military would strive to provide decent accommodation to soldiers to boost their morale and enhance their performance.

Buratai made the pledge in Bauchi while inaugurating 30 chalets at the Nigeria Army Armour Corps barracks in Bauchi, saying the military had grown in units and strength, hence the need to increase welfare facilities.

According to him, Nigerian Army has grown in its strength but the facilities, structures and other buildings, remain the same, as such we will dwell more on provision of decent accommodation for a responsive army.

“The buildings being inaugurated here today are modern and qualitative and we intend replicating the design in other formations in the country,” he said.

While commending the building engineers for a job well done, he urged officers and soldiers to imbibe maintenance culture for the structures put in place to last.

Earlier in his remark, Commandant of the Corps, Major-General Austin Omorodion, lauded Buratai for his concern for the welfare of officers and soldiers, saying such effort would make officers and soldiers put in their best in the discharge of their duties as enshrined in the constitution.