{"id":58514,"date":"2024-12-26T18:57:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T18:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58514"},"modified":"2024-12-26T18:57:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T18:57:04","slug":"coas-celebrates-christmas-with-sick-wounded-soldiers-reaffirms-commitment-to-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/26\/coas-celebrates-christmas-with-sick-wounded-soldiers-reaffirms-commitment-to-welfare\/","title":{"rendered":"COAS Celebrates Christmas with Sick, Wounded Soldiers, Reaffirms Commitment to Welfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, celebrated Christmas by visiting sick and wounded soldiers at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>He assured them that their sacrifices would not go unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Lt.-Gen. Oluyede emphasized that the welfare of officers, soldiers, and their families, especially those injured or fallen\u2014remains his top priority.<\/p>\n<p>He also reaffirmed the Nigerian Army\u2019s commitment to enhancing professionalism and combat readiness under his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Represented by the Corps Commander of Artillery, Maj.-Gen. Marcus Kangye, the COAS underscored the Army&#8217;s dedication to improving operational efficiency while maintaining robust administrative practices.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted the importance of prioritizing personnel welfare, recognizing excellence, and ensuring an effective system of rewards and sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese efforts are part of my command philosophy to transform the Nigerian Army into a well-motivated and combat-ready force, capable of fulfilling its constitutional responsibilities within a joint and multi-agency environment,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Army Chief also expressed gratitude to all officers and soldiers for their sacrifices and unwavering dedication to addressing the nation&#8217;s security challenges, particularly those deployed away from their families during the festive season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu On Wednesday, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, celebrated Christmas by visiting sick and wounded soldiers at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna. He assured them that their sacrifices would not go unnoticed. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Lt.-Gen. Oluyede emphasized that the welfare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":58515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-58514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58516,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58514\/revisions\/58516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}