By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
CALABAR— FOLLOWING the spate of bombings in the country, the Nigerian Navy has commenced the assessment of its personnel and warships to determine their efficiency in event of any emergency on the nation's maritime territorial environment.
The two-week exercise, which was flagged off by the Commodore Superintendent of the Naval Doctrine and Assessment Centre, Lagos, Navy Commodore Babalola Egbedina, yesterday, at the Eastern Naval Command, Calabar, Cross River State.
On the occasion, Commodore Egbedina, said the programme would entail assessment carried out by work-up group; scan on basic training operation and standard operation, among others.
He explained that the exercise sought to improve on the availability of the ships and the combat readiness of its platforms for operations, while also taking into cognisance the efficiency of the personnel.
Vanguard Nigeria