He Nigerian Navy says it has reshuffled the appointments of some senior senior officers comprising 56 rear admirals and one commodore, to reinvigorate the service towards efficiency.
Director of Naval Information Ayo-Vaughan made it known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
Mr. Ayo-Vaughan said the recent reorganization of these rear admirals saw Olusanya Bankole, former Director of Logistics, Defense Space Administration, appointed Head of Communications and Information Technology, Naval Headquarters, while Alexander Bingel, former Director of Combat Policy. and Tactics, now appointed Director of Logistics, Defense Headquarters.
He said Ibrahim Dewu would become Head of Defense, Civil-Military Cooperation and Defense Headquarters, while Kennedy Ezete would resume as Head of Administration and Livingstone Izu would become the new Head of Logistics.
Other appointments, he said, are Musa Madugu, now Superintendent Admiral, Naval Ordinance Depot; Daupreye Matthew, appointed Director of Training, Defense Headquarters and Zakariya Muhammad, appointed Head of Training and Operations.
“Rear Admiral Emmanuel Nmoyem has been reappointed Director of Human Rights at Defense Headquarters, while Rear Admiral Ibrahim Shettima, former Flag Officer commanding Naval Central Command, has moved to Defense Headquarters as Director of Plans.
“Former Director of Plans, Naval Headquarters, Rear Admiral Monday Unurhiere, has been appointed Chief of Defense Administration, while Rear Admiral Hamza Kaoje, former Director, Equipment Standardization and Harmonization, Defense Headquarters, has been appointed Director General of the Group, Marina Holdings Limited.
“Rear Admiral Sulaiman El-ladan, formerly Chief of Naval Engineering, is now in the Office of Defense Research and Development at Defense Headquarters as Director of Marine Research, while Rear Admiral Idi Abbas has been appointed Chief of Security and Naval Standards,” he said.
According to Mr. Ayo-Vaughn, Mohammed Abdullahi takes over as Commanding Flag Officer of Western Naval Command, while Saheed Akinwande, former Commander of the Nigerian Naval War College, has been appointed Director of Operations at Naval Headquarters .
Mr. Ayo-Vaughan said Istifanus Albara had been transferred from ECOWAS Maritime Security Coordination Centre, Abidjan, to Naval Headquarters as Navy Secretary, while Clement Atebi was re-appointed at Naval Headquarters as Director of Audit .
He added that Samson Bura had become Director of Logistics at the Defense Intelligence Agency, while Umar Chugali, a former Director of Cyber at the Defense Space Administration, would take over as Flag Officer commanding the Central Naval Command.
He explained that among those re-elected were Oluwole Fadeyi, Director, Records and Analysis; Olusola Oluwagbire was re-elected Flag Officer in command of the Eastern Naval Command and Eugenio Ferreira was re-elected Commander of Operation DELTA SAFE.
According to him, Mustapha Hassan has been reassigned to the Nigerian Naval War College, Calabar, as Commander, while Baratuaipri Iyalla has been appointed Flag Officer Commanding Logistics Command, Oghara.
Mr. Ayo-Vaughn added that Kohath Levi would take over as Head of Naval Engineering, while Bashir Mohammed, former Head of Logistics, had been appointed Director of Project Monitoring, DHQ, and Julius Nwagu, now appointed Commander of the Faculty. Defense Intelligence. .
“Meanwhile, Rear Admiral Patrick Nwatu has been reappointed Commanding Flag Officer of Naval Training Command, while Rear Admiral Mike Oamen, who was Director of Veterans Affairs, Naval Headquarters, is now Chief of Naval Transformation.
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“Furthermore, Rear Admiral James Okosun has been reappointed Commander of the Nigerian Army College of Engineering, Sapele; Rear Admiral Ayodeji Olugbode, former CEO of Admiralty Maritime Services Limited, takes over as Hydrographer for the Nigerian Navy.
“Rear Admiral Abolaji Orederu, former Director of Ship Design and Procurement at Naval Headquarters, has been appointed Admiral Superintendent, Naval Dockyard Limited, Victoria Island, Lagos.
“The immediate previous commander, Naval Redaction, Rear Admiral Habilla Zakaria, rejoins Headquarters Naval Doctrine Command as Commanding Flag Officer, while Rear Admiral Suleiman Abdullahi, former Managing Director, Navy Exchange Limited, is now the Director of Logistics, Defense Space Administration at Defense Headquarters. “Former Naval Headquarters Head of Accounts and Budget, Rear Admiral Kasimu Bushi, has been appointed Managing Director of Navy Hotels and Suites Limited, while former Commanding Flag Officer of Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Joseph Akpan, resumes at the Naval Headquarters as Chief of Policies and Plans.
“The Rear Adm. Abdulmajid Ibrahim has been appointed Director, Defense Transformation; Rear Admiral Olumuyiwa Olotu assumes the position of Commander of the National Defense College; while Rear Admiral Ibrahim Shehu has been appointed Director General of Navy Building and Construction Company Limited, and Rear Admiral Abdullahi Ahmed has been appointed Deputy Chief of Defense, Space Administration.
“Rear Admiral Fredrick Damtong resumes as Superintendent Admiral of Naval Shipyard Limited; Rear Admiral Abdul-Rasheed Haruna has been reappointed as Chief of Staff, Naval Command Headquarters Eastern, while Rear Admiral Hamza Ibrahim has been appointed Managing Director of Admiralty Marine Services Limited,” he added.
The naval spokesman said Sunday Oyegade had been appointed Director of Project Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation, while John Mamman was reappointed Chief of Staff of Western Naval Command Headquarters, and John Okeke was reappointed Chief of Staff of the Headquarters of the Central Naval Command.
He added that Olatunde Olodude, the former Fleet Commander of the Western Fleet, would resume at Naval Headquarters as Director of Plans, while Peter Zakaria had been appointed Chief of Staff, Headquarters Logistics Command and Sunday Atakpa was reappointed Chief. Staff, Naval Training Headquarters. Domain.
“Rear Admiral Abdul-hamid Baba-Inna is now Director of Administration; Rear Admiral Patrick Effah is now Director of Naval Intelligence, and Rear Admiral Abubakar Mustapha assumes the position of Director of Training, Naval Headquarters, while Rear Admiral Chidozie Okehie assumes the position of Deputy Commander, Armed Forces Command and Staff College , haha.
“Rear Admiral Olusegun Soyemi is appointed Director of Policy, while Rear Admiral Abraham Zipelle, previously Commander of the Defense Intelligence School, now moves to Naval Headquarters as Director of Manning.
“Furthermore, Commodore Omotola Olukoya, who was the Commander of the Central Payment Office, is once again the new Head of Accounts and Budget of the Naval Headquarters,” Mr. Ayo-Vaughn said. (YAYA)