Army Chief tasks Regimental Sergeant Majors on discipline, mentorship, professionalism

The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has called connected Regimental Sergeant Majors, RSMs, of the Nigerian Army to fortify discipline, mentorship and regimentation arsenic the Service intensifies efforts to grow and modernise its operations.

Shaibu said the relation of RSMs was captious to improving the Army's operational effectiveness, strengthening professionalism and enhancing nationalist security.

He gave the directive connected Friday astatine the closing ceremonial of the Second Regimental Sergeant Majors' Convention 2026 held successful Benin City, Edo State.

The five-day convention, which began connected November 2, brought unneurotic RSMs from assorted Army formations and units, arsenic good arsenic representatives of sister Services and different information agencies.

The Army main described RSMs arsenic custodians of the Service's nonrecreational values and warring spirit, noting that they service arsenic mentors to soldiers, advisers to commanders and guardians of subject traditions.

He explained that their responsibilities extended beyond maintaining appearances during parades to ensuring subject connected the battlefield, due behaviour without supervision and dedication to duty, adjacent nether hard circumstances.

Shaibu urged the RSMs to intensify efforts to code misconduct among personnel, peculiarly cause abuse, gambling, absenteeism and the misuse of societal media, informing that specified behaviours could weaken subject subject and professionalism.

He besides praised the lecture delive...