Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Saa'd Ibrahim
The Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Saa'd Ibrahim, Friday charged the 2013 batch of military retirees from the three services to be worthy ambassadors as they were reabsorbed into the society as civilians. The CDS who was represented by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, made this disclosure yesterday at the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) graduation ceremony of the 134 military retirees of in Lagos.
The graduands who were sent off after completing their six months intensive pre-retirement training at the centre, were told to prepare themselves to be reabsorbed smoothly into civilian life.
Addressing the retires, Ibrahim said that the training was uniquely designed to facilitate their re-integration into productive civilian life.
He said, "The 134 of you graduating today have no doubt undergone a life changing experience that I am optimistic you will find very useful as you settle down into retirement life.
"There is no doubt that you are retiring at a time that the nation needs your service the most. Your experiences would no doubt be missed.
"In this line also, I urge you to continue to see yourselves as the ambassadors for your respective services and the armed forces at large.
"You should be prepared to render more selfless service to the nation whenever you are called upon even in retirement, so you have to continue to be ambassadors."
He added, "Let me emphasise here that the phase you are entering by the completion of your training and indeed exit from a familiar life in the military to a less familiar civilian life is very crucial."
"These would range from inadequate funds to pursue your post retirement aspirations to the change in attitude of friends and family due to change of status as well as managing your mental and psychical health.
"But I am confident that these are issues tackled in your training and thus you are adequately equipped to deal with them effectively."
The commandant of the centre, Air Vice Marshal Moses Akisanmi, reiterated that the retirees would receive their retirement benefits personally not through a next of kin.
While urging them to use it wisely, he said the training they have gone through was a vital platform to enable them establish any business of their choice.
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