The
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has redeployed a total of 67 senior officers
comprising 30 Air Vice Marshals (AVM), 17 Air Commodores (Air Cdre), 10
Group Captains (Gp Capt), 7 Wing Commanders (Wg Cdr) and 3 Squadron
Leaders (Sqn Ldr). The redeployment came on the heel of the decoration
of senior officers recently promoted to the ranks of AVM and Air Cdre.
Prominent among those affected by the new posting at the Headquarters
Nigerian Air Force (HQ NAF) Abuja are: AVM Muhammadu Muhammed newly
appointed as the Air Secretary, AVM Saleh Shinkafi appointed the pioneer
Chief of Medical Services, AVM Mohammad Muhammad appointed the Chief of
Administration and, AVM Sambo Usman appointed the Chief of Logistics
and Communication.
The
new posting also brought about leadership changes at the Command level;
with 3 of the former Air Officers Commanding (AOCs) redeployed while 2
new ones have been appointed. Those redeployed include AVM Nurudeen
Balogun moved from Training Command Kaduna to Tactical Air Command
Makurdi; AVM Christopher Okoye from Special Operations Command Bauchi to
Training Command Kaduna and; AVM Sani Ahmed from Logistics Command
Ikeja to Special Operations Command, Bauchi. The two newly appointed
AOCs are AVM Stephen Onuh (Mobility Command, Yenagoa) and AVM Ibrahim
Yahaya (Logistics Command, Ikeja).
In
the same vein, AVM Ajibola Jekennu is now the Commandant Armed Forces
Resettlement Centre, Oshodi while AVM Isiyaka Bukar becomes the
Commandant Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna. Others are Air
Commodore Hassan Abubakar appointed the new commander, 011 Presidential
Air Fleet Abuja and, Air Commodore Ismaila Yahaya now the Principal Air
Staff Officer to the Chief of the Air Staff.
The
recent deployment, though a routine exercise, is aimed at ensuring that
the NAF is effectively manned for operational efficiency and
effectiveness in line with the vision of the Chief of the Air Staff, Air
Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar. The postings take effect from 22
December 2016.
You
are therefore please requested to disseminate the information through
your medium for the awareness of the general public. Thank you for your
usual support and cooperation.
AYODELE FAMUYIWA
Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa
Director of Public
Relations & Information
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