Army Day Celebration: Nigerian Army to give free Medical services to Nigerians.
To celebrate the 2021 Army day, Nigerian Army has promised free medical services to Nigerians across the country.
This was disclosed by the Chief of Army Staff in a press conference on Thursday in Abuja.
Farouk Yahaya stated that the Nigerian Army would observe this year’s Army Day celebration on a low key with Juma’at Prayers in all the Nigerian Army formations and units across the country on Friday 2nd and interdenominational church service on Sunday 4th July 2021.
He stressed that it would enable the Nigerian Army to reach out to the public through its medical outreach programme on Monday 5th July 2021, during which members of selected communities around the country would benefit from free medical services.
He stated that the Nigerian Army officers Wives Association (NAOWA) would conduct Humanitarian Outreach Programme in selected areas of Federal Capital Territory and environs on Monday 5th of June, 2021.
The Army boss promised that the Nigerian Army would continue to employ a synergistic approach with other security agencies to defeat security threats challenging the country.
He urged Nigerians to be confident in the ability of the Nigerian Army to deliver.
The Nigerian Army Day Celebration is an annual event which was first celebrated on 6th July 1978, in solemn remembrance of that historic moment of first shot released on 6th July 1967 marking the commencement of the country’s 30-month Civil War. The event is celebrated to equally bring to the knowledge of all Nigerian Army personnel and indeed all Nigerians that the war was an unfortunate tragedy and the reconciliation afterwards should be instrumental to strengthening our national unity.
In subsequent celebrations, the NA uses NADCEL as a medium to reflect on its performances in the previous year for effective projections.
The press conference was to flag off the Nigerian Army Day Celebration on Tuesday 6th of July, 2021.
