Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun
State yesterday called Nigerians to respond to the yearnings of officers and
men of the armed forces, saying the families of the departed officers must not
be left to suffer.
The governor made this call in an
address he delivered at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration held at
the Cenotaph site, Ayetoro, Osogbo, the state capital.
Aregbesola said: “Let me mention
here again that the Federal Government needs to come up with an effective
system that will ensure the successful rehabilitation and easeful reintegration
of discharged members of the armed forces to civil society.
“Retirement from this area of
service should not serve as the beginning of the erosion of the human dignity
of these officers. In the same vein, since there are two sides to a coin, the
discharged officers must, as well, make sure that their conducts in retirement
do not undermine military honour and integrity.
“They must endeavor to put their
specialised skills and training to the service of the society in meaningful
ways.
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