Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has announced some fresh appointments in the Nigerian Army hours after he officially resumed the position.
Lt. Gen. Shaibu approved the posting and appointment of senior officers to key command, staff and instructional positions across formations, units and training institutions of the Nigerian Army.
According to a statement on Thursday by the Army, the appointments are part of a decisive move aimed at reinvigorating leadership, strengthening command structures and repositioning the Nigerian Army (NA) for heightened operational effectiveness.
Among the newly appointed senior officers are Maj. Gen. Bamidele Alabi, who has been redeployed to Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans and appointed Chief of Policy and Plans (Army); Maj. Gen. Jamal Abdulsalam, formerly Chief of Special Services and Programmes at Army Headquarters proceeds to Defence Headquarters Department of Operations as Chief of Defence Operations; Maj. Gen. Peter Mala moves from Office of the National Security Adviser to Headquarters Training and Doctrine Command Nigerian Army (TRADOC) as Commander.
In the same vein, Maj. Gen. Samson Jiya, from Nigerian Army Heritage and Future Centre (NAHFC) to Defence Headquarters Department of Defence Accounts and Budget as Chief of Defence Accounts and Budget.
Other strategic appointments include, Maj. Gen. Mayirenso Saraso from NAHFC to Army Headquarters Department of Operations, as Chief of Operations (Army); Maj. Gen. Isa Abdullahi from Defence Headquarters to Army Headquarters Department of Administration as Chief of Administration (Army); Maj. Gen. Musa Etsu-Ndagi from Army Headquarters Department of Training to Army Headquarters Department of Civil-Military Affairs, as Chief of Civil-Military Affairs. Maj. Gen. Abubakar Haruna from NAHFC to Nigerian Army Training Centre (NATRAC) Kontagora as Commander and Maj. Gen. Philip Ilodibia from Army Headquarters Department of Policy and Plans to Defence Space Administration as Chief of Defence Space Administration.
Equally appointed are Maj. Gen. Godwin Mutkut, from Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) N’Djamena to Headquarters Infantry Corps Centre as Corps Commander Infantry; Maj. Gen. Umar Abubakar from the Ministry of Defence to Headquarters Nigerian Army Armour Corps as Commander Armour Corps; Maj. Gen. John Adeyemo moves from Nigerian Army School of Artillery (NASA) to Headquarters Nigerian Army Corps of Artillery as Corps Commander Artillery and Maj. Gen. Mohammed Abdullahi from Nigerian Army Cyberwarfare Command to Headquarters Nigerian Army Signals as Corps Commander Signals.
Additionally, Maj. Gen. Taofik Sidick has been redeployed from the NAHFC to Headquarters Nigerian Army Finance Corps as Chief of Accounts and Budget (Army); Maj. Gen. Abdullahi Ibrahim from NAHFC to Headquarters Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps as Corps Commander Ordnance; Maj. Gen. Adeyinka Adereti from Defence Headquarters to Headquarters Nigerian Army Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as Corps Commander; Maj. Gen. Nansak Shagaya from Army Headquarters Department of Operations to Headquarters Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport as Corps Commander Supply and Transport while Brig. Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed has been appointed Acting Corps Commander Education.
The COAS also approved the appointment of Maj. Gen. Oluyemi Olatoye, from Headquarters 82 Division/ Joint Task Force South East Operation UDO KA to the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna and appointed Commandant; Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Mustapha from Defence Space Administration to Nigerian Army Signal School as Commandant; Maj. Gen. Adamu Hassan from Nigerian Defence Section, Riyadh, to Nigerian Army School of Artillery as Commandant and Brig. Gen. John Bulus from Headquarters Nigerian Army Finance Corps to Nigerian Army School of Finance and Accounts as Commandant.
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