CAS to newly promoted officers: Be committed to your jobs

By Musa Umar Bologi

Abuja

The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has charged newly promoted officers to be committed to their jobs and “uphold the core value of excellence”  which the Air Force is known for.

The Air Chief gave the charge at the decoration of the 22 Air Vice Marshals and 28 Air Commodores who were recently promoted by the Air Force Council.

Abubakar also charged the officers to rededicate themselves to the service of the nation and brace up for the challenges ahead.

“This was the first time such a large number of senior officers would be promoted and decorated by the Service,” NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya , who was also promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal, said in a statement.

The CAS who decorated the senior officers assited by their relations and spouses said promotions of the senior officers was premised on their “past excellent performances and the resolve of the Service to constantly reward excellence.”

“Promotion is not a right but a privilege given to selected deserving officers to enable them undertake higher responsibilities,”  he said.

The Air Chief also, posthumously decorated Late Air Commodore Gabriel Ochai who died in an air crash on 24 August 2017 in Kaduna.  Mrs. Rita Ochai was in attendance to receive the rank insignia on behalf of her late husband.

“This was done in an effort to sustain the morale of NAF personnel who fight day and night to keep the country together,” Adesnaya said.

The CAS charged the newly promoted senior officers to be always guided by the NAF social contract with the Nigerian people.

“Nigerian tax payers would expect the new generals to work harder to ensure that their communities are stable, safe and secured,” he said.

Earlier, NAF’s Chief of Administration (COA), Air Vice Marshal Lawal Alao, noted that the Armed Forces of Nigeria annually undertake promotion exercise to motivate its officers towards rededicating themselves to assigned duties and service to the nation.

He said the NAF had done well and made history by promoting 22 Air Vice Marshals and 28 Air Commodores, which he described as “demonstration of pragmatism, visionary leadership and commitment” by the CAS and the Air Force Council to sustaining the morale of NAF personnel.

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