Daily Nigerian
The Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, on Thursday matriculated 453 cadets of its 75 regular course in Kaduna.
The event which was the 10th matriculation of the institution featured an oat taking by the cadets to mark their formal induction into their respective academic programmes.
Prof. Shehu Abdullahi, the Special Guest of Honour and a former Academy Provost, NDA, urged the cadets to take their academics and military training seriously as they were complementary to each other.
“It is interesting to note that cadets who excel in academics invariably excel in military training, hence the need to embrace the two line of training with all seriousness,” he said.
Mr Abdullahi said that the 21st century warfare and military imperatives required innovative and creative minds founded on intellectual and technical skills.
“Today officers of the Armed Forces of Nigeria are graduates. It is remarkable that the force now recognise the value of university education,” he said…
