President Opens ‘Bola Ahmed Tinubu’ Barracks In Abuja, Days After Poly Named After Him
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has inaugurated the ‘Bola Ahmed Tinubu’ Barracks in Asokoro area oAbuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FTC.
He on Monday approved the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Polytechnic, a Federal-owned institution in Gwarimpa area of the FTC.
The project comprised quarters for Major Generals, Brigadier Generals, Major to Colonel Quarters, Lieutenant to Captain Quarters, Quarters for senior Non-Commissioned officers, amongst others.
Speaking at the event in Abuja, on Thursday, Tinubu assured troops that his administration would never compromise on their welfare.
He promised that he would continue to provide whatever was needed to ease the job of the troops as well as commit more resources to improve their welfare.
Tinubu, therefore, charged the officers to ensure adequate maintenance culture to keep the accommodation.
“What we must do is continuous development with right maintenance and commitment to the welfare of our men and women in uniform,” he added.
Speaking, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, lamented that over 40 per cent of the Nigerian Army personnel are still not accommodated.
He said, “Your Excellency may recall that on the assumption of the office of Chief of Army Staff, one of the critical issues at the table before you was the fact that about 40 per cent of Nigerian Army personnel are not accommodated.
“In specific terms, the project comprises 16 Major General Quarters, 17 Beginner General Quarters, 3 by 20 Family Major to Colonel Quarters, 30 by 20 Family Lieutenant to Captain Quarters, and 60 by 30 Family Senior Non-Commissioned Officers Quarters. Others are 6 by 30 Family Corporal and Below Quarters, 40 by 21 Corporal and Below Quarters. These translate to accommodation for 614 personnel consisting of 170 officers and 444 soldiers and their families.
“Also provided in these barracks are three worship centres, sports facilities, and a powerhouse. The external infrastructure includes the perimeter fence with 15 entrance gates, gatehouses, umbrellas, groundwater supply facilities, access road networks, and hard and soft landscaping, all constructed to the highest standards.
“Although this seems huge, with the scale of accommodation deficits the Nigerian Army faces in Abuja, this is only just a drop in the ocean
