Participants of the Course 47 Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji who are on a study tour of Ebonyi State, South East Nigeria, Monday paid a courtesy visit to Governor Francis Nwifuru at the new Government House, Ochudo Centenary City, Abakaliki.
Ebonyi is one of the Nine States in Nigeria selected for the conduct of an environmental study tour of the elite military programme.
The senior military officers arrived the conference room of the Ebonyi State Governor for the high profile visit, and were received by Governor Francis Nwifuru and top government officials, including a representative of the State Chief Judge.
Led by the team leader, Commodore Abdulhakeem Olushina Ojebode, the study group of 49, comprising 41 students and 8 instructors, highlighted the theme of their study tour in Ebonyi State which is “Harnessing Grassroot Intelligence for Enhanced Internal Security.”
Commodore Ojebode notes that the outcome of their study tour will help the students have first hand information on the security workings of the State as well as provide them with the knowledge of grassroots intelligence.
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For Governor Francis Nwifuru, the country is facing worrisome security challenges, but used the occasion to re-emphasized the need for community policing, which he believes is the best intelligence gathering mechanism that can get down to the grassroots and help to nip crime and criminalities in the bud.
Military sources say the students on the Senior Course 47 tour are expected to gather facts and data in relation to the theme of their study, analyse same and present findings of their study tour to the college community.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
