The Nigerian Army Council on Thursday approved the promotion of a large number of senior officers to the next ranks of Major General and Brigadier General respectively.

The spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, announced in a statement that 47 Brigadier Generals have been promoted to the rank of Major General.

Nwachukwu added that 75 Colonels have also been elevated to the rank of Brigadier General accordingly, making it a total number of 122 Army officers that were promoted.

He said those that were promoted to the rank of Major General include Brig Gen WB Etuk, Commandant Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management; Brig Gen JE Osifo, Commandant Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration and Brigadier General WM Dangana, Commander Sector 3 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI.

Also on the list are Brig Gen BI Alaya, Commander Command Engineering Depot; Brig Gen AO Oyelade, Director Personnel Planning Army Headquarters Department of personnel Management and Brig Gen OO Arogundade, Commandant Nigerian Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.

Officers promoted from the rank of Colonel to Brigadier General are Col Nwakonobi, Chief of Staff Headquarters 3 Brigade; Col MC Akin Ojo, Commander 41 Engineer Brigade and Col BM Madaki, Deputy Director Army Headquarters Operations Monitoring Team.

Also on the list are Col OA Onasanya Acting, Command Guards Brigade; Col MI Amatso, Deputy Director Department of Civil Military Affairs and Col CM Akaliro, Deputy Director Army Headquarters Department of Army Transformation and Innovation.

“The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja congratulates the newly promoted senior officers and their families,” Nwachukwu stated.

“Lagbaja has also charged them to redouble their efforts to justify their elevation and the confidence reposed in them.”
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