- She disclosed that the Federal Government has directed that recruitment into the military must be on an equal number, that each state has 150 slots into the military.
The Lagos State Government has bemoaned the low enrolment of the State indigenes in the Nigerian Army.
The State government appealed to the youths and charged them to join the military, saying the state is being shortchanged by their indifference and nonchalance disposition to military recruitment.
The Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, made this known on Wednesday during the quarterly meetings with the Chairman and members of the Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, in Ikeja.
Salu-Hundeyin said everyone must be involved in the security of a nation and being in the military was a service to the state and the nation at large.
According to her, it was saddening to know that indigenous youths of the state were not joining into the military, as seen during the last recruitment, noting that the state could not continue to get the short end of the stick.
She disclosed that the Federal Government has directed that recruitment into the military must be on an equal number, that each state has 150 slots into the military.
“We discovered that in the military in Nigeria, Lagos State has been seriously short-changed. We hardly have people there. So, we are looking at this opportunity now, that it should not escape indigenes again.
“The military is about the security of a nation, and the security of any nation must be everybody’s business.
“It should not be for a particular group only, but because everybody cannot wear uniform, the government, in its wisdom, now says those of you that want to do this job, you will apply.
“Unfortunately, in Lagos State, our children don’t like to join the military. They don’t see any reason they should be part of the army. If your state does not participate, you are short-changing your state,” she said
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