The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya says, tackling the current security challenges of the country, can best be achieved, when there is coherence in the chain of command between officers and soldiers within the Nigerian Army.
The Chief of Army staff said this during the graduation ceremony of students of Course 37/2021 of the Senior Non-Commissioned Officers, at the Warrant Officers Academy, Jaji.
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The 70 Senior Non-Commission Officers at the graduation ceremony were drawn from the different corps of the Nigerian Army.
For 22 weeks, they had undergone training in leadership and management, that will enable them to interpret and communicate command decisions effectively.
The Chief of Army Staff, who was represented by the Commandant, Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Major General Kabiru Mukhtar, charged the SNCOs to apply the knowledge acquired for the benefit of the Nigerian Army, especially now that the country is faced with myriads of security challenges.
The Commandant of the Warrant Officers’ Academy, Brigadier General Olusegun Abai, said the course curriculum of the training was reviewed to be mission inclined, given the country’s current security challenges.
The Warrant Officers’ Academy was established in 1994, to rejuvenate the Senior Non-Commission Officers cadre of the Nigerian Army, which was then observed to be lagging in professional standards.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
