- Musa opined that Nigerian graduates ought to undergo unarmed combat skills training during the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
Nigerians need to be skilled in self-defence combat to protect themselves against attacks, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has admonished.
The defence chief issued the admonition on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday.
He equated acquiring martial arts like Karate, Taekwondo, and Judo to driving, swimming and other survival skills.
On whether Nigerians should learn combat skills for self-defence, General Musa said, “That one should be taken as learning driving, learning how to swim. Whether we have war or not, it is a survival instinct.
“In Europe, swimming is compulsory. Learning and teaching about security is compulsory because you have to learn what security is.”
General Musa opined that Nigerian graduates ought to undergo unarmed combat skills training during the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for everyday survival against mean-spirited and evil people.
He said, “That’s what the NYSC is supposed to do, but the NYSC has been watered down to three weeks.
“I think it is important that we can give every Nigerian security awareness at whatever level. Self-defence is very important. Unarmed combat. Swimming. Driving. These are critical aspects for human endeavours.
“These are things we should never take for granted because they prepare you for the future. The world we are in now is dangerous. We have individuals who don’t mean people well. They kill for whatever reason.”
General Musa said security is the business of all Nigerians, even as he urged citizens to be situationally aware of their surroundings to fish out strange and suspicious faces
Discussion about this post