SUPPORT OUR TROOPS FOUNDATION (SOTF) MAKES DONATION TO NIGERIAN ARMY

A Nigerian non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Support Our Troops Foundation (SOTF), was at the Army Headquarters, Nigerian Army recently to present a donation of 1,000 desert camouflage vests and other branded items to the troops fighting terrorism in the north-east.

While presenting the donated items to the Chief of Logistics (COLOG ‘A’), Major General Bamidele Ologundudu who represented the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Minimah at the occasion, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the charity organisation, Mrs. Funmi Oladeinde-Ogbue, stated that the branded items were facilitated by Global Nigeria Ltd. She was accompanied by the chairman board of trustee of the organisation, Mr. Femi Adefila.

At   the occasion, Mrs Oladeinde-Ogbue presented a certificate of return to   the representative of COAS for the items and further stated that her NGO   did not intend to stop the support gesture. A brief video clip showing the activities of the NGO was also presented during the event.

In response to the goodwill gesture, the representative of the COAS,   Major General Bamidele Ologundudu, said SOTF and other NGOs have been   rendering support to the Nigerian Army in its efforts to combat   insurgency in the country. He also made it known that SOTF has made donations in the past to the families of deceased personnel and called   on other well-meaning NGOs to emulate the organisation, adding that   fighting insurgency is a collective effort. The SOTF was established in 2014 with a mission to provide moral support to the troops fighting insurgency in the north-east. Earlier in his opening remarks at the occasion, the Director Clothing   Services Army, Brigadier General Clement Uwah, made it known that SOTF   also made similar donations to the troops engaged in fighting terrorism   and insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria in the past 

SOURCE: army.mil.ng

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