Buratai salutes Buhari, Senate for Army University

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Chief of Army Staff&comma; General Tukur Buratai has expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for approving Nigerian Army University&comma; Biu&period; He also thanked the Senate Committee on Army for considering the Bill for the establishment of the University&period; The public hearing held on 16 June&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>While making a presentation at the occasion&comma; General &nbsp&semi;Buratai thanked members of the Senate Committee on Army for their contributions&comma; unwavering interest and support in passing the bill for the establishment of the Nigerian Army University Biu &lpar;NAUB&rpar;&period; He stated that the establishment of the university will surely address the critical need for education in different specialized fields&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The university is equally positioned to provide necessary academic programmes to counter negative narratives and ideology of the terrorists&period; It is one of the Nigerian Army&&num;8217&semi;s major efforts in the pursuit of winning the hearts and minds of the society and a remarkable milestone in promoting excellent civil-Mil relations&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Buratai made it very clear that &&num;8211&semi; &&num;8220&semi;every eligible Nigerian&comma; irrespective of geographical location&comma; language&comma; tribe or religion has equal opportunity to pursue academic learning in the university&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>He expressed gratitude to the President and Commander -in-Chief&comma; President Muhammadu Buhari for given the approval to establish the university in the year 2018&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The NAUB which is located in Biu LGA of Borno State has since been running courses in different academic fields&period; It is gradually becoming a citadel of learning and emerging Centre for academic and intellectual excellence&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The public hearing witnessed the participation of relevant&nbsp&semi; stakeholders from National University Commission&comma; Federal Ministry of Education&comma; Ministry of Defence&comma; Civil Society Organizations and the University Council among others&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;