Nigeria, June 17 -- The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has raised concerns about a legislative proposal to guarantee admission for graduates of military secondary schools, arguing that the move could undermine merit-based selection and conflict with the constitutional principles governing admissions to the country's premier military training institution.

The concerns were presented on Tuesday during the second day of a two-day public hearing on defence-related bills organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Defence at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.

At the hearing, stakeholders examined four defence bills, including a proposed amendment to the Nigerian Defence Academy Act that seeks to grant automatic admission to suc...