Igbo won’t have military officers soon if youths continue to shun recruitment – Sen Nwachukwu

The legislator representing Anambra South, Emma Nwachukwu, has highlighted what helium called a worrisome improvement concerning the deliberate determination of Igbo youths to shun recruitment into the military.

He warned that if the inclination continues, determination won’t beryllium subject officers of Igbo extraction successful the Nigerian Armed Forces precise soon.

Nwachukwu, who briefed his constituents astatine his state location successful Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, said that due to the fact that of the seriousness of the issue, respective stakeholders person opened platforms to person and explicate to Igbo youths the request to enlist successful the Armed Forces to capable the South-East quota and advancement professionally.

“You cognize that determination are recruitments successful the Armed Forces and the police, but unluckily our youths are not keen connected moving successful the Armed Forces. The media should promote our young radical to delight use for these positions.

“During interactions, I recovered retired that our youths are acrophobic of joining the subject due to the fact that they are acrophobic of being posted to the Boko Haram areas.

“But the calamity of specified determination is that successful a fewer years ti...