The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has
released the postings and redeployment of a total of 41 senior personnel.
The postings and redeployment
came as a result of the recent promotion of senior NAF officers.
Officers posted included 19 Air
Vice Marshals (AVMs), 14 Air Commodores (Air Cdre), 4 Group Captains (Gp Capt),
2 Wing Commanders (Wg Cdr) and 2 Squadron Leaders (Sqn Ldr) respectively.
The newly-posted and redeployed
senior officers are expected to take over their new offices not later than 2
January 2018.
This was disclosed in a press
release on Sunday by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian
Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya via ‘Nigerian Air Force HQ’
Facebook page.
Prominent among those affected by
the new postings are: AVM Lawal Alao who is now the Commandant of the Armed
Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji and AVM Olusoji Awomodu, who has been
appointed as the Director Manning and Establishments at the Defence
Headquarters. In addition, AVM Bello Garba has been redeployed as the Chief of
Logistics at Headquarters NAF (HQ NAF) and AVM Mahmoud Ahmed has taken over as
Chief of Administration, also at HQ NAF.
Other appointments included those
of AVM Mohammed Suleiman as the Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) at Headquarters
Tactical Air Command, Makurdi, AVM Samuel Babalola as the Director of Personnel
Management at HQ NAF, AVM Tunde Awoyoola as Deputy Chief of Defence Space
Agency and AVM Haruna Mohammed as Commandant Air Traffic Services Training
Centre, Likewise, AVM Sambo Usman has been appointed as Group Managing Director
of NAF Holding Company, AVM Remigus Ekeh, appointed as the Director of
Evaluation at HQ NAF while AVM Paul Dimfwina becomes the Coordinator Project
Implementation and Monitoring Committee at HQ NAF.
Furthermore, AVM Ibukun Ojeyemi
is now the SASO at Headquarters Air Training Command, Kaduna while AVM Frank
Oparah has been appointed as Director of Research at Defence Headquarters.
Also appointed were: AVM Peter
Uzezi as Director Earth Observation at Defence Space Agency, AVM Olusegun
Philips as Director of Museum and Archives at HQ NAF, AVM Chinwendu Onyike as
Director of Technical Services at Defence Intelligence Agency and AVM Emmanuel
Wonah as SASO, Headquarters Logistics Command, Ikeja.
Similarly, AVM Abubakar Liman has
been appointed as SASO, Headquarters Special Operations Command, Bauchi, AVM
Mahmud Madi as Director of Launch Services and Space Operations at Defence
Space Agency and Air Cdre Noah Oyibo as SASO, Headquarters Ground Training
Command, Enugu. Meanwhile, Air Cdre Cosmas Ozougwu is to take over as Director
of Production at HQ NAF while Air Cdre David Aluku becomes the Director of
Civil Military Relations also at HQ NAF.
The new posting also brought
about changes at the Unit level. Some of the new Commanders and Commandants are
Air Cdre Edward Adedokun, who is appointed as Commandant NAF Institute of
Safety, Kaduna and Air Cdre Paul Masiyer, appointed as Commandant Military
Training Centre, Kaduna. In addition, Air Cdre Moses Onilede is to take over as
Commander 631 Aircraft Maintenance Depot, Ikeja while Air Cdre Elijah Ebiowe is
appointed as Commander 115 Special Operations Group, Port Harcourt.
“The newly posted and redeployed
senior officers are expected to take over their new offices not later than 2
January 2018. Furthermore, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique
Abubakar, has directed the newly appointed commanders of NAF field units to
attend a workshop being organized at HQ NAF Abuja on 3 January 2018 for commanders.
“Command appointments in the NAF
come with a lot of responsibilities, including the management of human and
material resources. The workshop is therefore aimed at equipping/reminding
commanders of their responsibilities and HQ NAF expectations in the conduct of
their activities.”
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