chief of army staff Promise 150 Nasarawa students free NDA admission

Lt. General Tukur Buratai, the chief of army staff has said that 150 students of the Command Science School, Lafia in Nasarawa will get automatic admission into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) when they graduate. Leadership reports that the chief of army staff was represented in Lafia by Major General Bello Abubakar during the official commissioning of the school.

The institution which is the first in the whole northern Nigeria is expected to enhance military/civilian relationship as it started in July 2014 as a collaborative effort between the Army and the Nasarawa State government. The Command Science School has admitted 150 students into the junior class out of which 130 students are indigenes of the state.

The army chief called on the students to reflect the discipline and uprightness that the military represents, adding that states like Kebbi, Jigawa among others are already clamouring for the establishment of such in their states.

The governor of the state, Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al-Makura said the school will widen the scope of education of the students. He also noted that it would propel interested students into the army.