Okowa stated this when the army headquarters team on recruitment visited him in Asaba.
The governor represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah, pledged to sensitise Deltans on the need for 84 regular recruit intakes for trade and non-trade men and women into the Nigerian Army.
He said, “They are many vibrant and strong Deltans who can serve in the army, it will be a thing of joy to see many Deltans serving the nation.
“The state government will try as much as possible to use the Ministry of Youths Development to carryout one on one talk with the youths on the importance of the army recruitment.”
He said the state government had directed that a stakeholders meeting be put up for top officers to talk to the youths, assuring that there would be a positive change in the next recruitment exercise.
Earlier, the leader of the team, Major General Mohammed Jalo, said they were in Asaba to intimate the state government of the recruitment exercise, saying it was a constitutional responsibility for every state to have its quota in the recruitment exercise.
Jalo said the Army Headquarters observed some abnormalities in the exercise as there were low turn out of people in some states including Delta.
He added that the portal for the recruitment was opened on October 10 and would be closed on December 2, 2022.
