The Nigerian Army has announced the commencement of recruitment into the service. The Army Director of Public Relations, Brig. Gen Olajide Laleye said so during a press briefing in ABUJA on Wednesday.

Laleye said that the exercise which started with online registration for interested applicants would come to an end on June 21, 2014. He advised that only those who would be willing to fight in the North-East should volunteer for the recruitment.

The Nigerian Army has announced the commencement of recruitment into the service. The Army Director of Public Relations, Brig. Gen Olajide Laleye said so during a press briefing in ABUJA on Wednesday.

Laleye said that the exercise which started with online registration for interested applicants would come to an end on June 21, 2014. He advised that only those who would be willing to fight in the North-East should volunteer for the recruitment.

The Federal Government had on April 28 given the Armed Forces and other security agencies the permission to embark on mass recruitment. A military source said that President Goodluck Jonathan issued the directive for more recruitment into the army in March after the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Kenneth Minimah briefed him about the operations of the army.

The Army spokesman said that some of the new recruits would be deployed in the North-East to take part in the ongoing campaign against the Boko Haram insurgents in the region. He stated that the Army leadership was carrying out the “annual recruitment exercise” to replace some military personnel who had been killed in action.

Laleye said the Army would also commission interested candidates through the Direct Short Service Commission and the Short Service Commission.

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Army begins mass recruitment to counter Boko Haram