February 27, 2015 – The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has commended Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Kenneth Minimah over his offer to promote gallant soldiers fighting against members of the radical Islamic sect in North-eastern Nigeria.
In a statement, President and Secretary of TUC, Comrades Bobboi Kaigama and Musa Lawal called on leadership of other security operatives participating in the fight to follow suit.
Minima had said that any soldier who participated in the Baga operation has been promoted to the next rank whether dead or alive.
“ While we commend the COAS for the confidence-building trip, we wish to passionately appeal to him to ensure that the promise is fulfilled straight away as it will go a long way in motivating and encouraging the soldiers”, TUC said.
On soldiers convicted for acts of cowardice, the TUC appealed to the Federal Government and the military authority to temper justice with mercy.
“Justice, they say serves a better societal purpose when tempered with mercy. And indeed the quality of mercy is not strained. It is twice blessed. It blesses he that gives and he that takes”, the TUC said.
