Abuja, Nigeria – Na wah o! Vice Admiral Idi Abbas don shake things up for Navy as e approve make 65 Rear Admirals change their positions inside the Naija Navy. Na Monday, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, wey be Director of Information for Nigerian Navy, drop the gist. This large-scale shuffle no be small matter; e touch officers wey dey serve for Naval Headquarters, Defence Headquarters, and other naval setups. Talk about a serious restructuring!
Abbas, wey just enter as the 23rd indigenous Chief of Naval Staff, sabi say change na the only constant thing for military life. We don see our oga President Bola Tinubu don already carry out some major reshuffling for military heads before this one wey happen now. Na so dem don take the military apportion dem newly minted leaders dem too!
Among the big boys wey get new roles, we get Rear Admiral Suleiman Abdullahi wey don move from Defence Headquarters go Navy Headquarters as Chief of Logistics. No be joke o! Rear Admiral Kasim Bushi go run things as Executive Director of the International Maritime Institute of Nigeria. Sometimes you go wonder how dem sabi select dem for new positions!
Other ‘movers and shakers’ include Rear Admiral Suleiman Dahun, wey don land the Director of Defence Cooperation at the Defence Headquarters. Rear Admiral Samuel Ngatuwa waka come down, now na Director of Project Management him dey chop. Say make we no forget Rear Admiral Ibrahim Shehu, wey dey still hold him ground as Admiral Superintendent of the Naval Dockyard Limited; he no shake at all!
There be plenty other big names like Rear Admiral Abdullahi Ahmed, wey don collect work as Commandant for National Defence College. Rear Admiral Musa Katagum also dey shine eye as Chief of Operations for Navy Headquarters. Dem no dey play for this Navy matter, abeg!
Adams-Aliu also announce make we watch the new appointments of Rear Admiral Kehinde Odubanjo as Director General of the Defence Research and Development Bureau. E no end there; Rear Admiral John Okeke go be Chief of Defence Civil-Military Cooperation, while Rear Admiral Olatunde Olodude be Chief of Policy and Plans for Navy Headquarters.
Talk about teamwork – Rear Admiral Hamza Ibrahim take over Navy Holdings Limited as Group Managing Director. Na serious business! The Chief of Naval Staff don tell dem make dem work hard, professional, and disciplined as dem dey protect Nigeria’s maritime space. E no fit ignore the fact say security na the main priority!
So as the new Rear Admirals dey settle into dem new assignments, we dey hope say dem go carry our Navy go greater heights. With their experience and level of commitment, we go dey watch eagerly as dem take charge for the ocean front. Water wey no dey carry block go follow dem, as we talk say we no wan hear say dem dey slack. Omo, na here we go dey for the hot gists! Stay tuned!
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