Mr. Adesoji Eniade, DG CITIZENSHIP & LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE

The Citizenship & Leadership Training Centre (CLTC), is apparently one of the few surviving national Institutions established in pre-independence days of Nigeria (just like the Nigeria Police, The Prison, The Nigerian Railways, etc). It was founded as Man O’ War Training Centre (at Man O’ War Bay, Southern Cameroon) in 1951, by the British Government as the second institution in the world to run Man O' War Training Course

Mr. Remi Sola-Philips Deputy Director (Procurement) CITIZENSHIP & LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE

Mr. Remi Sola-Philips Deputy Director (Procurement) CITIZENSHIP & LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE(C&LTC)
Mr. Remi Sola-Philips Deputy Director (Procurement) CITIZENSHIP & LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE(C&LTC).
Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre,
Plot 1075, Joseph Gomwalk Street
Gudu District, P.M.B. 345, Garki Abuja.
Tel. (09) 6721529,
E-mail: info@cltc.gov.ng


Mr. John Iwara FORMER HOD (Training & Operations) CITIZENSHIP & LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE

Mr. John Iwara HOD (Training & Operations) CITIZENSHIP & LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE(C&LTC). Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre, Plot 1075, Joseph Gomwalk Street Gudu District, P.M.B. 345, Garki Abuja. Tel. (09) 6721529, E-mail: info@cltc.gov.ng
Mr. John Iwara Former HOD (Training & Operations) CITIZENSHIP & LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE(C&LTC). Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre, Plot 1075, Joseph Gomwalk Street Gudu District, P.M.B. 345, Garki Abuja. Tel. (09) 6721529, E-mail: info@cltc.gov.ng

Kevin Ihenetu (PhD) (Planning, Research & Statistics) CITIZENSHIP & LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE

Kevin Ihenetu (PhD) HOD (Planning, Research & Statistics) CITIZENSHIP & LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE(C&LTC)
Kevin Ihenetu (PhD) HOD (Planning, Research & Statistics) CITIZENSHIP & LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE(C&LTC). Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre, Plot 1075, Joseph Gomwalk Street
Gudu District, P.M.B. 345, Garki Abuja.
Tel. (09) 6721529,
E-mail: info@cltc.gov.ng

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CITIZENSHIP AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE

INTRODUCTION
    The Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre is a Parastatal in the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports.

    It is principally a human development outfit established for the training and moulding of Nigeria citizenry to become responsible and respectable citizens and leaders.

MAN O WAR NIGERIA: SHERE HILLS: PREPARING SOLDIERS, CIVILIANS FOR BATTLE

In a mountain school, deep in the heart of Shere hills, Jos, Plateau State, a unique bond of friendship and camaraderie has been forged over the years between two unlikely allies, the military and civilian as the scores of military personnel, fully garbed in green camoflague, with guns hoisted across their shoulders trudged through the marshy and rugged terrain of the Lamingo area of Jos, Pateau State, a visitor to the vicinity would expectedly be filled with trepidation and in some instances, outright terror.

The fact that these ‘mean looking’ men, combat ready, so to speak, did not appear to notice at observers along the long stretch of road did litttle to assuage the fear in the minds of those around. Jos, a while ago, was known to be one of the veritable flashpoints of violence and conflict in the country and the toga is yet to be shed even with the strains of normalcy many of its environs now boast of. A sight like this, no doubt, has the potentials of breeding uncertainty and fear for those who have experienced the bloody years of violence on the Plateau. For a resident of Lamingo however, there is no cause for alarm as the seemingly battle prepared soldiers are friends rather than foes. They are the new set of trainees at the hitherto little known mountain school in the heart of Shere hills, a massive sequence of rocky outgrowths and forest enclaves. On this chilly evening, they are going back to their camping grounds within the hills after a hectic day of Plateau scheme, one of the rigorous exercises they must go through before they are certified fit to be accorded the prestige of being graduands of this government owned training outfit. This particular exercise is meant to sharpen their abilities ‘to move from a known point to an unknown destination through the use of their intellect and compass and with the active support of their team members.’ It is meant to foster team spirit, the use of initiative and personal strength to acheive one’s goal of navigating a wilderness terrain in order to get to safety with as little casualty as possible.

Bassey Ekong, a commercial motorcycle operator who plies the rugged British American-Lamingo route, speeds through the military ‘convoy’ with sheer abandon. He says he is used to their presence and expresses, no fears as he navigates through the men, some of whom have started to slow down as a result of the fatigue of trekking a long distance. Other motorcycles speed past also. No attempt is made to stop any by the tired soldiers. These soldiers have been trekking since morning-6.30am and still have about 5 kilometers more before they get to their base. Anyone of them who attempts to get on a vehicle in order to cut short the journey faces dire consequences from superiors on one side and camp officials on the other side. “Even if you stop for them, they are not allowed to get on the bike. It is part of their training. We see these sights on a weekly basis. The school is one of the notable places in this area. If not for the presence of the school, no one would even know or want to visit Lamingo. In its own little way, it has brought a bit of limelight to us. Sometimes, it is not the soldiers we see but policemen and Road Safety officials who also come for training there. What never particularly ceases to amaze me is the attitude of the soldiers especially. They simply pass through the villages without causing any trouble. We used to be scared initially when they started coming but over time when we saw that they were harmless, we got used to them,’ Ekong says spiritedly as he avoids colliding with a young freckled soldier who has suddenly stopped to flag him down. No doubt the strain of trudging is finally getting to the young army cadet. But immediately he sees that the bike is occupied by the reporter, he shrugs resignedly and renews his strides. Another soldier behind him hits him lightly with the butt of his rifle, chiding him heatedly. A few of his fellow companions guffaw tiredly even as the strains are visibly etched on their young faces.

The plateau scheme is just a rung in the series of tests these young cadets have to pass through in the week- long training at the mountain school. Other rigorous trainings such as scavenger hunt, initiative test, obstacle crossing, assault course, rafting, mapping and compass location are part of the bouquet of tests they must pass through in order to develop their social, mental and physical capabilities. Ironically, the group of instructors who have to take these cadets through the rigors of the training are civilians.

NATIONAL COMMANDER COLONEL SANNI DEPSIA ADAMU (RETIRED)

NATIONAL COMMANDER MAN O WAR NIGERIA COL. SANNI DEPSIA ADAMU RTDAmiable National Commander, Col. Sanni Depsia Adamu. Heading an unprecedented re-structuring programme which is currently on-going in the organization, Man O War National Command HQ, Road 112,mosque street, house 13,supreme court quarters. FHE Karu Abuja. o/c Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre, Plot 1075, Joseph Gomwalk Street Gudu District, P.M.B. 345, Garki Abuja. Tel. (09) 6721529, E-mail: info@cltc.gov.ng 

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