Nigerian Army, Harvard School
Nigerian Army, Harvard School Partner on Capacity
Development
The Nigerian Army (NA) has pledged to step up collaboration with
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) in order to enhance the capacity
development of its officers.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu
Buratai, indicated the readiness of the NA to strengthen
partnership with HKS when he received a delegation from the
institution at the Army Headquarters, Abuja.
The COAS on behalf of Soldiers and Officers of the NA, thanked
the management of the school for the visit and lauded the
institution for its strategic role in building quality/ visionary
leaders.
It would be recalled that the NA under the command of Lt Gen TY
Buratai has sponsored very many officers who have leadership
potentials, – of becoming great leaders to the school in order to
build their capacity on defence and security studies for strategic
leadership responsibility.
He promised to strengthen partnership with the institution in
order to have the HKS train officers here in Nigeria.
Earlier in his remark, the leader of the delegation, Maj Gen
William Rapp (rtd) stated that the partnership was sacrosanct in
order to develop officers with requisite leadership abilities to
overcome current complex leadership challenges.
According to him, “Nigeria’s future is very significant to the
world, the collaboration will enhance the capacity of the NA
leadership to look forward to changes and challenges in a global
scale.
In his remarks at the occasion, the Director General Nigerian
Army Resource Centre (NARC), Maj Gen Wahab (rtd), who led the HKS
team on the visit posited that “the aim of the visit was to enable
the management of the school familiarize with the leadership of the
NA and deliberate on how best to develop the partnership between
the NA and HKS. We are looking of how best we could have lecturers
from the institution to come to Nigeria to train officers of the NA
through the NARC.
He further disclosed plans by the Centre to have HKS kick start
training here in Nigeria, with the sole objective of building the
capacity of our future strategic leaders for the military and the
nation.
Present during the visit were some Principal Staff Officers of
the Army Headquarters as well as some management staff of HKS.
SAGIR MUSA
Colonel
Acting Director Army Public Relations