The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday
conducted a sanitation exercise at Mile 3 Park, as part of Operation Crocodile
Smile II in the Niger Delta.
The Army is conducting
educational, medical and sanitation outreaches in areas where ‘Exercise
Crocodile Smile II’ operation is going on.
Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 6
Division, Port Harcourt, said that the clean-up
was a humanitarian exercise of the Army within its Areas of
Responsibility ( AOR ).
Iliyasu said the Army had always been involved in
humanitarian activities as its contribution to the society as well as to build
confidence among the populace.
Mr Glory Nnokam, Deputy Chairman, National Union of Road
Transport Workers ( NURTW ), Npkolu-Oroworukwo Motor Park, Mile 3, Port
Harcourt, commended the Army’s gesture.
“We are very surprised that they are here to clean the park
for us, this is quite commendable.
“You can see that people are not running because sanitation
is good, and we are happy,” he said.
Nnokam said that it was wrong for people to perceive the
Nigerian Army as a wicked institution, adding that if the Army personnel were
inhuman, they would not clean up the park.
Chief Godwin Emenike, First Trustee, NURTW, Mile 3 Park, said
that he was happy with what officers and men of the 6 Division had done.
“You can see me, I’m sweating because when they came and said
they were for sanitation, I started mobilising wheel barrows, shovels and
brooms for them to work with.
“They are really cleaning the place very well, I am very
happy and wish they will do this again in the future,” Emenike said.
He said that only criminals would run away when they saw the
Army.
“When they came, I went to them and asked why were they in
the park and they said they wanted to clean our environment.
“You can see the women helping them too, the Army is here for
good,” he said.
NAN
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