Nigeria, April 14 -- The Nigerian Army has lamented poor enlistment of South-east youths into the country's military.

Leader of the 2025 Army Recruitment Enlightenment Team Chima Ekeator disclosed this on Friday.

Mr Ekeator, a brigadier-general, spoke during an enlightenment town hall meeting with chairpersons of local government areas as well as traditional rulers in the state.

The army chief, who hails from the South-east, pointed out that while Kaduna State had recorded over 3,000 applications in the ongoing 2025 recruitment exercise, Enugu State was still struggling with just a hundred.

He stressed that like in Enugu, the army also had received poor applications from other states in the South-east.

Mr Ekeator appealed to youths f...