Vice Adm. Usman Jubril, on Saturday said the Nigerian Navy remained committed to its role of defending the country’s territorial waters.
Jubril gave the assurance at the10-kilometre quarterly route march for officers and ratings of the Nigerian Navy in Abuja.
“The public should understand that we are ready to defend them and we are keeping fit to defend them. There is nothing to fear.
“The route march is to ensure that the personnel of the navy are physically fit for the job which the country had employed them to do.
“We keep fit for the sea; we keep fit for all exercises on land,’’ Jubril, represented by Rear Adm. Duke Osuofa, Navy Secretary, said.
The CNS, who said he was impressed on the turnout, pointed out that the keep fit was important for officers and ratings.
He said throughout the exercise no causality was recorded, stressing that it was a sign that the personnel were all fit for the job.
On his part, Director of Sports, Nigerian Navy, Commodore Omatseye Niesiama, said the exercise was an assessment of the physiological stability, emotional and mentally alertness for officers and ratings.
“And these three factors are put together in this exercise so as to test our mental alertness, physical fitness and psychologically preparation.
One of the participants in the exercise, Petty Officer Esther Adamu, said the exercise would make her fit for the job.
“As a Naval personnel, sports is very important as it is a major thing that will help me do my job effectively,’’ Adamu said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 10-kilometre route march for officers and ratings was aimed at ensuring physically fitness of the personnel.
NAN also reports that the personnel marched from the Mogadishu Cantonment at Asokoro to Niger Barracks and back to the cantonment. (N
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