The Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya, has approved the appointment of Principal Staff Officers (PSOs), Field Commanders and other key staff members that will provide the much-needed vigour in his command of the Nigerian Army (NA).
This was disclosed in the Nigerian Army posting released by the Department of Military Secretary on Friday 2 July, 2021.
According to the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu said the CoAS approved the appointment of the Commandant Nigerian Army Armoured School, Maj Gen BO Sawyer as the new Director, Defence Information while the Chief of Operations, Army, Maj Gen IM Yusuf becomes the Commandant Nigerian Defence Academy.
Others included Maj Gen TA Gagariga who will now move from Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans to Nigerian Army Artillery Corps as Corps Commander Artillery and Maj Gen VO Ezugwu of Training and Doctrine Command becomes the Commander Infantry Corps.
Maj Gen. MA Yekini is the new Chief of Defence Training and Operations; Maj Gen. MS Yusuf will take over as Chief of Defence Standard and Evaluation, while the Chief of Civil – Military Affairs, Maj Gen. AB Omozoje will take over as the Chief of Policy and Plans at the Army Headquarters.
Onyema said “Maj Gen.SO Olabanji becomes the Commander Training and Doctrine Command; Maj Gen. OA Akintade is the new Chief of Army Logistics, Maj Gen. OT Akinjobi takes over as Chief of Operations (Army), Maj Gen. JA Ataguba becomes the Chief of Army Standard and Evaluation while Maj Gen KI Mukhtar and Maj Gen. C Ofoche are the new Chief of Administration and Chief of Transformation and Innovation respectively.
“Maj Gen. AB Ibrahim is appointed as Chief of Training (Army).”
He said among the new field commanders were Maj Gen. AK Ibrahim who “takes over as the Force Commander Multi National Joint Task Force, N’Djamena and Maj Gen. IS Ali who becomes the General Officer Commanding 3 Division will double as the Commander Special Task Force Operation Safe Haven.”
Onyema said the COAS equally approved the appointment of Commanders, Commandants of NA Institutions, Directors and other key appointments at both Defence and Army levels.
The appointments, he said, were aimed to rejig for efficiency in command and administration within the NA.
He said: “These appointments take effect immediately.”
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