The General Officer Commanding 1 Division Nigerian Army Major General Maiyeranso Lander David Saraso has recently commissioned multiple projects in 18 Brigade Litani Barracks Bida Niger State during his administrative visit to the Barrack, on 26 Jan 2025.
The projects commissioned include a Hall of Heroes building named after the immediate past Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen TA Lagbaja. The project initiated and funded by the Commander 18 Brigade Brigadier General Taiye Ahmed as an honor and remembrance monument for the galant officers and soldiers of the brigade that paid the supreme price in the line of duty during various operations within the Brigade Area of Responsibility.
The building consists of a Heroes Hall with portraits and brief of all the deceased gallant officers and soldiers of the brigade, an arcade for laying of wreath, framed quotations on the honour and sacrifices of deceased personnel. There is also a planned green area outside the building where trees are planted in honour of the deceased personnel.
During the commissioning, the GOC extolled the insight of the Commander for initiating such an impactful project. He also conducted the maiden wreath laying ceremony at the event in conjunction with widows of 2 of the deceased personnel.
The GOC also commissioned 2 units of three bedroom flats for officers, a block of 2 bedroom flats for 10 Senior Non-Commissioned Officers families as well as another block of 2 rooms for 10 Corporals and below soldiers as well as a complex housing the Brigade’s Arms Store and the Magazine. These 3 projects were among ongoing Army Headquarters infrastructural interventions in the barracks. He thereafter unveiled a signpost for the brigade by the barracks gate.
Major General Saraso earlier received a brief on the activities of the brigade from the Brigade Commander in his office before addressing the officers and soldiers at the parade ground. In the address, the GOC conveyed the Chief of Army Staff goodwill messages.
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