Reports About Poor Feeding Of Troops In North-East Are False – Military

Nigerian Army

The Theatre Command North East Joint Task Force, Operation HADIN KAI, has said that reports about the poor feeding of troops in operational theatres are misleading. Recall that claims have been circulating on some social media platforms alleging incidents of poor feeding to the troops on the front line within the command’s area of operation.

Reacting, the theatre commander of the Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai, Maj. Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar insisted that the welfare of soldiers remains central to ongoing counter-insurgency operations.

Abdulsalam added that the troop feeding arrangements are designed, supervised and routinely reviewed by soldiers themselves via established food committees.

His words, “The responsibility of the commander is to provide the resources as given by the government to ensure meals.

Every location has a food committee. That food committee is made up of mostly non-commissioned personnel. They know the menu of what they want to eat.

For someone to have been given his meal with soft drinks, he consumed the soft drinks, took out the protein of the food, took out half of your meal, and now made a video. That was a mischief.

Every month, the food committee goes around to assess the state of food.

They take pictures and videos, even based on those videos and pictures from members of the operational personnel.

Even when they go on patrol, they have their cold trip, they have their lunch, they have their water meal pack, and they have their takeout. This is what is obtainable across most of our locations.

There are instances where commanders have been found wanting, and they know the stance of the chief of army staff. Where that happens, you lose your command.

You cannot take care of the soldiers. The Chief of Army Staff has directed that the commander must lose command. Every commanding officer in the field knows that the Chief of Army Staff does not joke with the welfare of our soldiers.

The idea is simple: let the soldiers decide what they eat. This has brought transparency and accountability into the system and has significantly reduced complaints about feeding.”

WOW.