* Lt. Gen. Buratai, this is why your frontline soldiers are under-performing * 1st Look: Asa premieres new single 'Good thing'

JUNE 25, 2019 Lt. Gen. Buratai, this is why your frontline soldiers are under-performing Lt. Gen. Buratai: “It is unfortunate, but the truth is that [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st News.com](  [soji akinrinade profile]( JUNE 25, 2019 [***] Lt. Gen. Buratai, this is why your frontline soldiers are under-performing [Nigerian-Army-Soldiers]( Lt. Gen. Buratai: “It is unfortunate, but the truth is that almost every setback the Nigerian Army has had in our operations in recent times can be traced to insufficient willingness to perform assigned tasks or simply insufficient commitment to a common national/military course by those at the frontlines." After Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai reportedly made the statement above at the opening of a “Transformational leadership workshop”, organized by the Army Headquarters Department of Transformation and Innovation at the Army Resource Centre, all hell was let loose. 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