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In a quest to improve on the
knowledge of the African
continent in a wider perspective
in terms of history,
geopolitical survey, social and
economic affairs, students of
Senior Course 31, Armed Forces
Command and Staff College Jaji
recently embarked on a study
tour of some selected African
countries.
The Study Tour, Which is part of
the programmes scheduled for the
Senior Course 31 training
curriculum had a theme as,
“Enhancing African Unity through
Socio Economic and Military
Cooperation”. The tour took the
students, Directing Staff and
other College officials to 11
sister African Countries which
include Botswana, Cameroun,
Ethiopia, the Gambia, Angola,
Kingdom of Lesotho, Kenya,
Republic of South Africa, Sierra
Leone, Togo and Uganda.
During the continental tour, the
students were divided into
syndicates to study the
countries they were visiting in
the areas that have to do with
their history, tradition,
culture and occupations. The
syndicates also covered other
areas like politics, structure
of government, foreign and
defence policies of the African
countries. The Senior Course 31
student further assessed areas
like ties/relations of the
countries with Nigeria,
policies/strategies of the
countries government, their
strengths/weaknesses,
opportunities, threat and
analysis in comparison with the
Nigerian domestic realities.
According to the Director Dept
of Joint Studies, Armed Forces
Command and Staff College,
Brigadier General Lot Linus, the
one week exercise is an
important aspect of the Senior
Course programme in which the
students are expected to derive
immense benefits. Brigadier
General Lot who was the
organizer of the 2009 Study Tour
also started that much knowledge
is derived by the students,
generally by traveling and
visiting important places. He
added that an exercise like the
tour fosters an ending
friendship and cooperation
between Nigeria and African
countries visited
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