By Iliya Kure
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has urged candidates of 2021 Senior Staff Course Qualifying Examination (SSCQE) to up the standard, as the Nigerian Army (NA) will always reward competence diligence and good conduct.
The COAS expressed this on Wednesday, while addressing 257 Mid-level cadre officers of the NA between the ranks of Major and Captain, at the Ihejirika Auditorium, Jaji, Kaduna, northwest Nigeria.
Lt Gen Yahaya observed that the exams will not only qualify the candidates for Senior Staff Course, but also have a long-term effect on their career.
The COAS used the occasion to commend the Commander Infantry Corps, Major General Victor Ezugwu and staff Officers of the Headquarters Infantry Corps Centre for the untiring effort demonstrated in hosting another successful SSCQE in Jaji.
In a remark, the Exams President, who is the Commander Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Major General Stevenson Olabanji assured that the 2021 exams will bring out the best from the officers.
He pointed out that the exams have been carefully prepared to depict real time scenarios in the country, observing that the questions were domesticated, putting into consideration, the contemporary security challenges experienced in some parts of the country.
He affirmed that the effort was to ensure that the officers were better than they were, before writing the qualifying exams.