The Nigerian Navy stated it has made preparations to relocate the Naval Coaching Command headquarters from Lagos to Onne in Rivers State.
The Chief of Naval Workers, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, disclosed this throughout a courtesy go to to the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at Authorities Home, Port Harcourt on Thursday.
He stated, “The aim of my coming right here in the present day is three-fold. The primary is to tell His Excellency that on Saturday, we’re graduating a set of former civilians who’ve been educated at our Primary Coaching College, Onne, and are graduating to hitch the ranks of the Nigerian Navy as scores so as to beef up our energy.
“The second cause is to first recognize the governor and all the Rivers State authorities for the colleges they donated to us: the Ambassador Nne Krukrubo Mannequin Secondary College at Eleme within the Eleme Native Authorities Space, and the Mannequin Secondary College, Egbelu in Oyigbo Native Authorities Space.
“We additionally wish to use this chance to tell His Excellency that following that donation, and based mostly on our strategic plan of shifting our services to areas the place we’ve got sufficient house to have the ability to perform our duties, we’ve got renovated the college at Eleme.’’
“We’re comfortable to report, in the present day, that the erstwhile location of headquarters of Naval Coaching Command, Lagos, is shifting to that individual faculty location in Eleme, tomorrow.”
Ogalla added that the Nigerian Navy, beneath his watch, had impounded 14 vessels caught with stolen crude oil, including that a number of arrests have been made.
Governor Fubara, in his response, inspired the Nigerian Navy to be agency within the battle towards all types of financial sabotage, significantly crude oil theft, within the nation’s waterways.
The governor famous with delight the optimistic outcomes already recorded by the Navy within the state due largely to the super help it had acquired from his administration.
Fubara acknowledged, “We’re working collectively; we offers you all of the help to just remember to ship in your mandate.
“And I’m comfortable that they’re optimistic and commendable information of feat up to now, in the middle of your tenure.”
Fubara stated the excellent news of the lowered degree of oil theft in Rivers State is proof of the various optimistic issues which can be occurring within the State past the much-hyped negativity, and warranted that such optimistic achievements will probably be sustained.
