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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, yesterday said that improved welfare for soldiers will boosts their morale in the battlefield.
General Oluyede stated this during a parley with defence correspondents at the Headquarters of Army Post-Service Housing Development Limited (PHDL),in Abuja.
Represented by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Post-Service Housing Development Limited, Major General Isaiah Allison, the COAS said, “For an officer or a soldier to know that he or she will be retiring into a good home of his or her own boosts morale and there can’t be a better way of taking care of their welfare.”
General Oluyede said that his mission philosophy is to ensure that there is a post-service home for the soldiers who work tirelessly to ensure the security of the country.
He added that the Post-Service Housing Development scheme is inline with his newly launched “Soldier First,” concept.
According to him, “The scheme does not just offer homes to soldiers, but an affordable one. This flagship programme about affordable home ownership option for all soldiers.”
He noted that this will help achieve one major aspect of his philosophy, which is to have soldiers who are well-motivated and combat-ready.
“Of course, the soldiers are doing their job, and we want them, upon retirement, to have homes to move into. They should not be encumbered or disturbed by that feeling of where they will stay after the service,” General Oluyede said.
