Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Christopher Musa has called on the Federal Ministry of Works to assist the military in the construction and rehabilitation of strategic roads across the country in order to enhance military operations, especially in the North zone.
General Musa made the appeal yesterday when he visited the minister of works, Engr. David Umahi, in Abuja.
The ministry’s director of information, Ben Ben Goong, quoted the CDS as saying that there is a strong linkage between a good network of roads and military operations.
According to him, Musa said sometimes military operations are hampered due to poor networks of roads, thereby, making personnel vulnerable to enemy targets.
In his response, Umahi applauded the priority attention President Bola Ahmed Tinubu pays to defence and security matters, especially in the fight against terrorism across the country.
The minister promised to work with the military to identify the routes that are critical to defence operations with a view to doing the needful.