Retired officers express readiness to fight insurgency

Nigerian soldiers 

The Retired Army, Navy and Air power Officers Association of Nigeria has said their individuals are prepared to help the country in handling its uncertainty challenges including battling the war against extremists in the
North East.

The National President of RANAO, Lt. Col. Antony Ogbomo ( retd), said this while talking with writers after the zonal official board of trustees meeting of the relationship in Ede on Wednesday.

Ogbomo said the more youthful individuals from the affiliation were prepared to be called upon to help the country particularly in a few zones to diminish the weight of those in the dynamic administration.

He approached President Muhammadu Buhari, to restore the National Reserve Scheme which has a pool of ex-military men to be called upon to battle whenever their administrations were required.

He said, " We are still helpful can even now add to the advancement and prosperity of the country. Our men can in any case be gotten back to try and to help with handling uprising and they are prepared.

"When I went to the Honorable Minister of Defense a couple of weeks back and one of the issues I talked about with him in the interest of the affiliation is the way that there is the requirement for the administration to revive the National Reserve Scheme and execute it.

"In the event that it is executed, lion's share of our officers can be gotten back to the support of deal with a portion of the exercises that those in dynamic administration will rather not be included in, for case those in real life at the North East.

"Those in the store plan can be utilized to carter for the sleeping quarters, the logistics chain, with the goal that they can deal with the battle zone.