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NAF Promotes 64 Senior Air aofficers
The Air Force Council (AFC) yesterday, 4 December 2018, approved
the promotion of a total of 64 senior officers to the next higher
ranks in the Nigerian Air Force. The affected senior officers
comprise 14 Air Commodores who were promoted to the rank of Air
Vice Marshal, 36 Group Captains promoted to Air Commodore and 14
Wing Commanders promoted to the rank of Group Captain. In line with
the provisions in Chapter 8 of the Harmonized Terms and Conditions
of Service (HTACOS) Officers 2017 (Revised), the AFC also approved
the concessional commission of 3 Air Warrant Officers (AWO) and one
Master Warrant Officer (MWO) to the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
Those promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal include Air
Commodores James Gwani, Moses Onilede, Charles Umolu, Olurotimi
Tuwase, Musa Muktar, Emmnuel Alade and Musibau Olatunji. Others are
Air Commodores Maxwell Nnaji, Sule Lawal, Aliyu Bello, Ismaila
Yahaya, Emmanuel Chukwu, Abdullahi Kassimu and Ibrahim Ali. Among
those promoted from the rank of Group Captain to Air Commodore
include Precious Amadi, Eneobong Effiom, Francis Edosa, Ndubuisi
Okoro, Abubakar Sule, Olufemi Odeyinde, Olasunkanmi Abu, Razaq
Olanrewaju, Micheal Ekwueme, Simon Peter, David Pwajok, Suleiman
Usman, Patrick Obeya, Ahmed Shinkafi, Ayodele Laoye, Nnamdi
Ananaba, Esen Efanga and Ademuyiwa Adedoyin. Others promoted to the
rank of Air Commodore are Abdulrasheed Kotun, Albert Bot, Kennedy
Mataluwo, Shehu Bakari, Zayyan Usman, Henry Yurkusi, Bashir Mamman,
Jibrin Usman, Mohammed Ibrahim, Anthony Martins, Mohammed Aliyu,
John Ukeh, Mohammed Yusuf, Adeniran Ademuwagun, Isaac Abatan,
Gideon Bako, Anthony Ekpe and Okey Ezeanyagu.
Those elevated to the rank of Group Captain include Wing
Commanders Valentine Oraeki, Abraham Sule, Abubakar Muhammed, Shehu
Chindo, Oluwaseun Oluwatayo, Mohammed Ahmed, Adolphus Akins, Ali
Idris, Idris Suleiman, Ibrahim Shehu, Dogari Apyeyak, Yahaya
Bashir, Logomfa Nansoh and Mba Igbe. The Senior Non-Commissioned
Officers (SNCOs) granted concessional Commission to the rank of
Flight Lieutenant include Air Warrant Officers Julde Muhammed,
Mohammed Madugu, Theophilus Enem and Master Warrant Officer Samuel
Ogunnubi.
The promotion exercise is expected to motivate the affected
officers to re-dedicate themselves towards more effective and
efficient service delivery. The senior officers and newly
commissioned officers will be decorated with their new ranks at a
later date.
IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force