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The Nigerian Army has raised the alarm over the poor enlistment of South East youths into the military service, and called for a change of attitude to reverse the trend.
Speaking at a town hall meeting held in Enugustate, the leader of the 2025 army recruitment enlightenment team, CHIMA EKEATOR, said the “south-east is gradually losing out on what is rightfully theirs, revealing that while Kaduna State had recorded over 3,000 applications in the ongoing 2025 recruitment exercise, Enugu State was still struggling with just a hundred, and same with other South East states.
The army further called on Enugu and South East youths to apply in their numbers in the ongoing recruitment exercise to fill their quotas.
In response, the Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, LLOYD EKWEREMADU, regretted that the problem had persisted despite the collective efforts to reverse the trend and called for a review of modes of advertising the opportunities and the need to provide more details about the benefits of serving in the Army.
On his part, the Chairman of the Enugu State chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, OKECHUKWU EDEH, pledged even stronger cooperation of the Local Government Council, but called on the military high command to equally address any concerns of the people to make the service more appealing to the youths.
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