Chief Of Army Staff Elevates Gender Advocacy Campaigns, Holds Workshop In Sokoto

<p><em>Chief Of Army Staff Elevates Gender Advocacy Campaigns<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has gathered that the Nigerian Army&comma; led by the Chief of Army Staff&comma; Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya&comma; in collaboration with British Defence Section&comma; West Africa&comma; has taken its advocacy on Gender Mainstreaming to 8 Division Area of Responsibility&comma; Sokoto&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This is contained in a statement signed by Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu&comma; Director&comma; Army Public Relations and made available to OpenLife&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the statement&comma; the workshop tagged &&num;8220&semi;Gender mainstreaming for enhanced professionalism in the Nigerian Army &&num;8220&semi;&comma; organised by the Department of Civil-Military Affairs&comma; started on January 16 and would end January 18&comma; 2022&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The statement further stated that the workshop was declared opened by the General Officer Commanding 8 Division&comma; Nigerian Army&comma; Major General Uwem Bassey&comma; who was represented at the event by Brigadier General Mohammed Abdullahi&comma; Chief of Staff&comma; Headquarters 8 Division&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The workshop&comma; he said&comma; seeks to build the requisite capacity of officers and men of the Nigerian Army&comma; particularly as assigned missions within the joint environment are becoming complex&comma; increasingly expanding and dynamic in the areas of gender mainstreaming&comma; lnternational Humanitarian Law and Fundamentals Human Rights&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The first phase of the workshop was conducted in some selected formations across the Nigerian Army&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The second phase has been approved with Sokoto as the focal start point&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Participants were drawn from security and para-military agencies&comma; C<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">ivil Society Organisations<&sol;a>&comma; Humanitarian Agencies and other critical stakeholders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;