Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Monday counseled the gallantry of serving Nigerian army officers and fallen heroes for safeguarding the nation.
Sanwo-Olu made the award in the course of the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Parade and Wreath Laying Ceremony, held at The Remembrance Arcade, Tafawa Balewa Sq., in honor of fallen heroes.
He mentioned the ceremony, which culminated the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebrations, was an annual routine to acknowledge and honor fallen heroes and members of the Armed Forces, who had served Nigeria in a single kind or the opposite.
In keeping with him, the federal government will proceed to understand and encourage the armed forces.
The governor mentioned the event had change into a “Nationwide Day to hope for the departed souls, incapacitated safety personnel and serving army officers, their households and Nigeria”.
“It’s a day to proceed to recollect them, to recollect their households and the family members they left behind. We are going to proceed to hope for the repose of the souls of the fallen heroes.
“We are going to proceed to put their households in God's fingers.
“It is a crucial day for the federal government, if not all Nigerians, to understand all their efforts and what they’ve accomplished; and that the serving officers know that the nation will proceed to understand their gallant works even whereas they’re alive and even in demise,” he mentioned.
Sanwo-Olu mentioned the occasion was a chance to understand the efforts of fallen heroes and safety personnel.
“It’s an event the place the nation comes collectively to acknowledge and acknowledge all our fallen heroes, our courageous troopers who’ve served and guarded this nation in a single kind or one other for many years,” he mentioned.
Highlights of the occasion had been the gun salute, the discharge of white doves and the observance of a minute's silence in honor of the fallen heroes.
Prayers had been additionally supplied for the troopers, in addition to members of the armed forces, their households, the Lagos State Authorities and Nigeria.