In a bid to foster Civil-Military Relations, Nigerian Air Force personnel on Saturday engaged in the clean-up of Mafoluku and Shogunle communities in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Wing Commander Alfred Ogbonda led the team of officers and men in the sanitation exercise.
Ogbonda represented the Base Commander, Air Commodore Sayo Olatunde.
The military team helped in clearing the refuse dumps and the drains blocked by bottles of water, nylon and waste.
According to Olatunde, the clean-up is a way of reaching out and interacting with the local communities.
“The military needs the civil populace to succeed and this is one of the activities to bring civilians closer to the military.
“At times we do medical outreach and free medical treatment, which is also a way of interacting with the local communities.
“By interacting with the communities, they can also be of help by giving the military useful information on intelligence gathering on internal security operations,’’ he said.
Olatunde said that civilians giving the military useful information could only happen based on built relationship, which the exercise contributed to.
He said that sanitation was the civic responsibility of everyone, appealing to residents of Mafoluku and Shogunle to maintain a clean and healthy environment.
NAN reports that residents of both communities expressed gratitude to the Air Force for the intervention. (NAN)
