The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, says troops fighting the Boko Haraminsurgency in the northeast live in dilapidated barracks.
Speaking yesterday when he visited the headquarters of the North East Development Commission, said army barracks in Monguno and Bama in Borno State, which were destroyed by insurgents, needed complete reconstruction. He sought the commission's help to rebuild some of the destroyed barracks in the northeast.
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