Daily Trust,
Kaduna Office:
No. 1, Rabah Close,
Malali GRA, Kaduna
29th Jan, 2021
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Congratulatory message to
the new Chief of Army Staff,
Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, CFRNG
SIGNED:
Dr Baba J Adamu
Fmr. Adviser on ICT to former President Goodluck Jonathan
and Chairman of
Arewa Center for Regional Development (ACRD)
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On
behalf of the members of Arewa
Center for Regional Development (ACRD)
and indeed Nigerians, I would like
to congratulate the newly appointed
Chief
of Army Staff (COAS), Major General
Ibrahim Attahiru, CFRNG. This new
appointment is remarkable, proper
and deserving.
We also thank our President
Muhammadu Buhari for appointing you
to lead the Nigerian Army as this is
an expression of optimism and hope
in the fight against protracted
crises and war against kidnappings,
insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria.
As you took over the mantle of
leadership of the Nigerian Army and
embark upon your new
responsibilities, we believe that
the Nigerian Army would be taken to
greater echelons of proficiency and
professional responsiveness in the
discharge of its constitutional
duties. As a General, you have held
several appointments on the staff,
instructional and in command in the
course of your military career. You
have had a tour of duty with the
United Nations (UN) in Sierra Leone,
facilitated United Kingdom military
engagement, Operation BARASS in
2000, a Commander in NIBATT 19
ECOMOG Operations in Liberia and the
unique privilege of having commanded
with distinction all through the
chain of command in the Nigerian
Army.
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Your
appointment is apt because of your
unconditional serving and selfless
attitude and experiences and
compassion in the area training
administration and logistics needs
of the Nigerian army. Prominent
among these experiences are
Commanding Officer 146 Battalion
Nigerian Army (Operation HARMONY IV)
in the Bakassi Peninsula, Commander
13 Brigade Nigerian Army (Operation
PULO SHIELD), General Officer
Commanding 82 Division Nigerian Army
and one time Theatre Commander
Operation LAFIA DOLE (the Counter
Terrorism and Counter Insurgency
Outfit in North Eastern Nigeria).
On the staff, General Attahiru was
unit Adjutant, 7 Battalion Nigerian
Army, Sarti and a Deputy Director
Military Secretary 2 at the AHQ MS
(A) and one-time Director Army
Public Relations and Spokesperson of
the Nigerian Army. He was later
Director Staff Duties and Deputy
Chief of Policy and Plans at the
Army Headquarters. He was equally
privileged to serve as Chief of
Defence Transformation and
Innovation and Chief of Defence
Logistics at the apex organ of the
Armed Forces of Nigeria, Defence
Headquarters Abuja among others. He
has worked with the US Defence
Logistics Agency on the Vertically
Integrated Logistics Approach (VILA)
Programme towards enhancing the
operational readiness in the Armed
Forces of Nigeria.
On the Instructional, he was
privileged to be an Instructor at
the Depot Nigerian Army, Nigerian
Defence Academy and the Nigerian
Army School of Infantry. He was
later a Directing Staff and Chief
Instructor at the Armed Forces
Command and Staff College, Jaji-Nigeria.
General Attahiru has been exposed to
leadership and professional
development programmes at globally
renowned institutions. From the
Chinese People’s Liberation Army
Special Forces Academy
Shijiazhuang-Hubei Province, China
to leadership and security policy
courses at the prestigious Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard
University USA, Graduate School of
Media and Communication, Agha Khan
University Kenya, Bournemouth
University Disaster Management
Center and the Geneva Centre for
Security Policy. The General has
several honours and awards to his
credit. He holds a Master’s degree
in Strategic Management and Policy
Studies from the Nigerian Defence
Academy, Masters of Science in Human
Resources Management and Development
from Salford University in the
United Kingdom and Graduate Diploma
in International Studies from the
University of Nairobi, Kenya.
This appointment is indeed a
testament to your worth and fearless
mind, your strategic and tactful
thinking, your emergency and
pre-emptive idea and your
intelligence mission with dedication
to the country, the life which
protects the life of others. Your
skill, which is rare that cannot be
predicted; you go one step ahead,
with your talent and hard work
today, but the mountain is high but
your confidence can climb to the top
with courage. Your mind is without
fear, bold and confident and it can
win over any battle; no matter how
tough the situation is, you never
step back from taking the challenge.
Be the same always and go ahead in
your life; congratulation for your
new appointment.
In the same manner, we congratulate
the newly appointed Chief of Defence
Staff, Major General Lucky Irabor,
Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral
Awwal Gambo and Chief of Air Staff,
Air Vice Marshall Ishiaka Amao,
wishing them the best of success in
their new endeavours.
Please accept the assurances of our
esteem regards while once again
wishing you the very best my brother
and success in your new office.
May his soul rest in peace, Amin
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