1,500 People Benefit From Nigerian Army’s Free Medical Outreach

The Nigerian Army has said that no fewer than 1,500 people had benefited from its free medical outreach; exercise Crocodile Smile IV in Kiribo community, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The exercise Crocodile Smile IV is designed to be inter-agency and inter-service driven, which include NPF, DSS, NSCDC, Customs, Immigration, NDLEA, Correctional Service and the Vigilante.
They are to work harmoniously as a team to ensure peace and security in the southern part of Ondo State.
The Commander of 32 Artillery Brigade, Brig-. Gen. Zakari Abubakar, made this disclosure while speaking with newsmen during the exercise at the community market square yesterday.
Abubakar, who said that the gesture was part of the civil military relations of the ongoing exercise Crocodile Smile IV in the southern part of the state, said it would also cement the relationship between the Nigerian Army and the community.
He explained that the medical services delivered included, general consultation, general eye examination, health education, oral care, laboratory investigations, issuance of free mosquito nets and drugs.
Abubakar, who thanked the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai and General Officer Commanding 2 Division, Ibadan, Maj-. Gen. Anthony Omozoje, for their exemplary leadership for finding the Brigade worthy of hosting the exercise.
The General also thanked them for approving the civil military activities, even as he charged the community to embrace peace and shun violence in return to reciprocate the gesture.
“Nothing goes for nothing and there is no free lunch anywhere, so as we have decided to reach out to the people today, we need you to embrace peace because with peace, people will rest and we will also rest,” he said.