{"id":5647,"date":"2013-06-28T07:25:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T07:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/ijaw-goup-urges-fg-to-setup-military-academies-in-the-niger-delta\/"},"modified":"2013-06-28T07:25:03","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T07:25:03","slug":"ijaw-goup-urges-fg-to-setup-military-academies-in-the-niger-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/ijaw-goup-urges-fg-to-setup-military-academies-in-the-niger-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"Ijaw goup urges FG to setup military academies in the Niger Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Citizens Platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Members of the Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, have urged the Federal Government to establish a number of military academies in Niger-Delta, to ease recruitment of youths from the region into the military and police.<\/p>\n

According to a statement by its president, Mr. Austin Ozobo, \u201cThe Federal Government should site Nigeria Defence Academy, NDA and Police Academy in the Niger-Delta to ease the pains and agonies youths of the region face in their attempt to get admission into thee academies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe North has taken undue advantage of these institutions to the disadvantage of the people of the South with its high military presence.\u00a0 Many of the fairly educated youths in the Niger Delta became militants out of frustration in their efforts to get recruited or admitted into NDA and Police Academy in the country.”<\/p>\n

It continued: \u201cFailure to timely address this demand may collapse ties between the Federal Government and the region because the North appears to have benefited more in terms of recruitment of military officers through NDA and Nigeria Police Academy admissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cNinety percent of recruitment of soldiers, NDA and Police Academy admissions go to the North, and it makes the North so powerful against their southern counterparts in the country. It is frustrating and shocking that nobody from the South could gain admission successfully into the sister schools or be recruited without seeking for help from a northern military senior officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth academies are seen as northern schools as it failed to address the military needs of the entire country because by its mode of operation, Nigeria Defence Academy and Police Academy are sectionalized and tribalized.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source: Citizens Platform<\/p>\n

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