The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, has urged personnel of the Nigerian Navy to place premium on their physical and mental health alertness to enhance operational readiness.

Ogalla, represented by the Chief of Administration, Rear Adm. Kenneth Ezete, gave the advice after the Second Quarter Route March covering 10 kilometers on Saturday in Abuja.

According to him, the reason for the exercise is to ensure that officers and men are physically fit for the naval job that they have been assigned to do.

“It is also to promote comradeship and for the citizens or the populace to know that they have a navy that its personnel are physically fit to carry out their assigned tasks.’’

The CNS said that the quarterly March was a routine exercises held in all naval formation across the country Nigeria.

He assured Nigerians to continue to expect the best form the navy in the ongoing fight against insecurity and criminality in the country, especially the fight against oil theft.

He commended the personnel for the impressive turnout and the display of fitness by the officers and men during the march.

“I congratulate and thank all of you for the effort you have made in this exercise,” he said.