TheCable

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)  has donated N10 million to the Nigerian Army.

Abdullahi Baffa, executive secretary of the agency, who made the donation at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja,  said the gesture was to appreciate the “gallantry” of troops.

“This is in order to appreciate the gallantry of the armed forces in tackling security challenges in the country,” he said.

“The N10 million is to support the recently instituted Nigerian Army’s ‘Thank You For Service Initiative’.”

He said TETFund was moved to make the donation to boost the morale of soldiers as well as “answer President Muhammadu Buhari’s call for Nigerians to thank the military’s efforts”.

Biffa said the money would be used to provide drinking water for a battalion of the Nigerian Army.

“The management and staff of the fund are very much in tune with what the Nigerian Army is doing, the efforts being put in place and the success that has been recorded,” he said.

Johnny Hamakim, director-general of the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, said the centre is saddled with the responsibilities of carrying out research on issues that border on defence and security.

He commended TETFund for being the first organisation to identify with the ‘Thank You for Service Initiative’, saying that the centre was put in place to give a boost to soldiers.

“We are not unaware of what is going on in our dear country especially as it relates to contemporary security challenges, and soldiers are fighting to ensure that there is peace in Nigeria,” he said.

“On that note we felt something should happen and that we should also involve our partners in progress to appreciate these soldiers.”