Women to enjoy unlimited military career—CDS
He spoke on Thursday in Abuja, at the maiden annual conference on Women Peace and Security, with the theme, ‘Gender Mainstreaming in the Armed Forces of Nigeria for Peace and Security.’He said currently the Armed Forces have attained 27 percent female peace keeping operations, which is higher than the United Nations recommendation of about 17 percent.
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