Nigeria, March 2 -- The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Army to improve the welfare of its personnel, to avoid mass resignation.

The House passed the resolution while adopting a report by its Committee on Army on the massive resignation of 360 soldiers last year.

PREMIUM TIMES had, last year, reported how the then Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, approved the voluntary resignation of the soldiers.

The soldiers, who cited loss of interest in the job are mostly those engaged in the decade-long war against Boko Haram in the Northeast, while others are from various other formations across the country.

The army is currently engaged in various combat operations as insecurity worsens across the country.

But apart from the...