By Dennis Essang
Port Harcourt
The Chief of Army Standard and Evaluation (CASE), Major General Olumuyiwa Aiyenigba, Sunday attributed the reduction in oil theft and environmental pollution to the operational successes recorded by 6 Divisional, Nigerian Army (NA) in the year ended 2024.
He made the declaration at a Regimental Dinner Night hosted by Headquarters 6 Division at Python Officers’ Mess, Port Harcourt Barracks.
A statement issued by the acting deputy director 6 division, Nigerian Army, Lt. Col. Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, in Port Harcourt, said General Aiyenigba, who was the Special Guest of Honour (SGOH), further affirmed that the successes recorded led to significant increase in nation’s oil production output from 1.4 million bpd to almost 2 million bpd.
This, the statement said, has significantly boosted the Nigerian economy through increased in oil revenue. He assured the division of continuous support of Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, in providing the necessary support needed to sustain the achievements recorded so far.
“The CASE emphasized that Dinner Night is one of the important aspects of military regimentation, adding that he was glad to have witnessed such auspicious event in an elite military formation, like 6 Division NA. He further stated that he was particularly impressed that 6 Division sustained the age long military tradition, which he averred is critical in reinforcing professionalism and esprit-de-corps in the service,” the statement said.
The spokesman said the occasion fostered comradeship and solidarity among officers, their spouses, other security agencies and friends of the division as well as the NA.
