At the just concluded Course 4/2020 of the Army War College, Abuja, a top ranking Nigerian Army officer, Col. Baba Buhari, emerged as the ‘Overall Best Participant’ during the Passing Out Parade (POP), held in Abuja.
Col. Buhari, the Course 4 President, was also announced as the participant with the ‘Best Paper’, during the graduation ceremony, held at the TY Buratai Auditorium inside WU Bassey Barracks.
He received the Chief of Army Staff’s, ‘COAS Golden Award’ for coming atop among his course mates.
Speaking, Special Guest of Honour at the occasion, Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (Rtd), reiterated Federal Government’s commitment towards providing necessary support and also boosting the capacity of the officers and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
General Magashi, the Minister of Defence, acknowledged the growing strides being recorded by the Army War College within the short time of its establishment, urging the participants to bring to bare in their duties the requisite knowledge and training they gained during the course.
“To our graduands and future operational level commanders, I must say that it is your responsibility to understand and situate yourself in the ever-changing character of conflicts and the complexities of the global contemporary security environment.
“lt is therefore, my firm belief, that upholding the standards set for this level of training would develop the much needed capacity to overcome our current and future security challenges as a nation,” he said.
In his remark, Major General Solomon Effiong Odounwa, Commandant of the College, said Army War Colleges, world over, are higher military learning institutions which hold the pride of place as centres of excellence for military professionalism and operational level leadership training.
He said that in just about 4 years after the establishment of the Naval War College Nigeria, the College has imbibed global best practices and universal values in the conduct of training across the spectrum of its course modules.
“This is bearing in mind that the learning objectives of the institution are built around national security, military strategy, theatre strategy and operational art,” General Odounwa added.
