The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has stated that no single Service or security agency can achieve the success desired in combating insurgency and other security challenges confronting the nation.
According to a statement by Director of Public Relations and Information NAF Air Commodore EK Gabkwet on Monday, Amao who was represented by the Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Command, Air Vice Marshal Gamso Lubo, stated this at the inauguration of the maiden Air Rank Leadership Seminar (ARLS) held at Air Force War College, Makurdi.
According to him “Effectiveness in all military operations is dependent on jointness and how well the various services communicate and coordinate their efforts on the battlefield, hence the need to work collectively to achieve expected results.”
He said the seminar was apt because it avails participants opportunity to learn how to employ other methods and strategies towards combating security threats.
“For the NAF to meet its constitutional role of ensuring the territorial integrity of Nigeria, it requires competent Commanders at all levels to provide the requisite leadership that is invaluable in achieving organisational goals.
“The ARLS was thus designed to elucidate exchange of ideas among participants with a view to broadening their intellectual capacity on the implementation of effective leadership at the military strategic level.
In his remarks, the Commandant of the College, Air Vice Marshal Ibrahim Tepkwan Ali, stated that in line with its broad objective of developing qualitative manpower for the NAF, the College was tasked to develop an executive leadership training module for officers of air rank as part of measures to enhance professionalism and succession planning within the top leadership cadre of the NAF.
