The Federal Government will soon commence the recruitment of soldiers and officers, as part of plans to curb insurgency and banditry across the country.

Minister for Defence, Major General (rtd) Bashir Magashi made this known during an operational visit to the headquarters of the Theatre Command in Maiduguri.

He said that new equipment will be brought into the country to aid in the fight.

“Very soon we will embark on the recruitment of other soldiers and officers so that we improve the manpower holding of our armed forces.

“We will bring new equipment, new skills in which I will like all of you to benefit from to enable you to be more proficient, more effective in this assignment you’re doing. We have lost time; we are now almost ten years in this operation.

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“There are many other operations that we are doing in terms of banditry, insurgency and other things in this country and I am sure that given the right tools, you will do this country proud. We believe in you, your training, professionalism and we believe you can do the country the requirements of beating the Boko haram as we have it now.

“There are a lot of you outside in other places both in the northwest, northcentral and even in the southwest and south-east. Please see this as a sacrifice, see this profession as the profession that it only God you should fear,” Magashi said.