Army Commissions Park to Immortalise Personnel

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has commissioned a park named after him "Faruk Yahaya Historical Park".


The Commissioning was on the sideline of the Chief of Army Staff's First Quarter Conference and an extension of the Nigerian Army museum situated at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja.


While explaining the idea behind the park at the commissioning, the Military Secretary, Army, Major General Jamal Abusalam said the park is design to immortalize three categories of deserving Nigerian Army personnel by having their names inscribed on specially design platforms.

The will also commemorate and preserve history of retired and serving Nigerian Army officers and soldiers including those who paid the supreme sacrifice in service to country.


"First, personnel who paid Supreme sacrifices to Nigeria during campaigns and other operational engagements.
Second, Nigerian Army officers who attained the rank of Major General and above as well as soldiers who attained the Warrant Officers Class One and Army Warrant officer being the pinnacle of their career. And the third category is the Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Staff of the NA extraction, a recognition of their exemplary leadership," he noted.


The Chief of Army Staff,  Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya convieved the idea to honour deserving person that have served the army.


The COAS has undertaken a larger strive in infrastructural development and the project is a testimony to several other Commission infrastructure projects in Nigerian Army under COAS initiatives.


These strives has no major boasted the morale of Army personnel in the face of the challenges of combating security in Nigeria.

The Army HQ department of military secretary in conjuction with Micesealfinz Ltd constructed the self sustaining, all weather facility that accommodate brick and mental platforms fitted with plaques, inscribe with names, pictures and profiles of NA officers and Soldiers.


According to the military secretary, these platforms are design to hold 10,000 names, the park also have special monument for the deceased as well as improve the ambience oft the barrack, NA Resource Center and his Environs.