LT GEN LAGBAJA DECORATES 47 NEWLY PROMOTED MAJOR GENERALS ...See The Sights and Sounds

IT WAS A DAY OF CELEBRATION FOR THE 47 BRIGADIER GENERALS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO THE ENVIABLE RANK OF MAJOR GENERALS.

AS THERE WERE DECORATED, WITH THEIR NEW RANK THIS THIS THURSDAY IN ABUJA IN THE PRESENCE OF DIGNITARIES, FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO GATHERED TO WITNESS THE REMARKABLE DAY IN THE LIVES OF THESE OUTSTANDING OFFICERS.

TO KICK OFF THE PROCEEDINGS, THE CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION ARMY, MAJOR GENERAL JIMMY AKPOR GAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE VARIOUS PROMOTIONS CARRIED OUT IN THE NIGERIAN ARMY IN 2023.

AND THIS KICKED OFF, THE GLORIOUS MOMENTS IN THE LIVES OF THESE OFFICERS AS THEY WERE CALLED OUT ONE, AFTER THE OTHER TO BE DECORATED.

I HIS REMARKS AFTER THE DECORATIONS, THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, LIEUTENANT GENERAL TOAREED ABIODUN LAGBAJA CONGRATULATED THE NEWLY DECORATED OFFICERS AND STARTED THE PROCESS OF THEIR SELECTION, THOUGH MAY NOT BE 100%, BUT THOSE PROMOTED OFFICERS TICKED ALL THE BOXES, TO DESERVE THEIR PROTECTION.

GENERAL LAGBAJA WHO INSISTED THAT THOUGH, PROMOTION COMES FROM GOD, BUT TO QUALIFY FOR PROMOTION, OFFICERS MOST DISPLAY HIGH LEVEL OF QUALITIES, AS A MAJOR GENERAL CAN BE QUALIFIED TO BE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF OR THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF.

HE CHARGED THEM TO IMBIBE HIS COMMAND PHILOSOPHY AND TO REMAIN LOYAL TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND TO PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE, WHO WAS THE SPECIAL GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE INVESTITURE CEREMONY, DR BELLO MUHAMMAD MATAWALLE PLEDGED THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THEIR WELFARE SERIOUSLY.

TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION, ONE OF THE PROMOTES, MAJOR GENERAL GIDEON AJETUNMOBI, GAVE A VOTE OF THANKS ON BEHALF OF OTHER PROMOTES, WHERE HE PLEDGED THAT THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF COMMAND PHILOSOPHY WILL BE THERE GUIDING COMPASS.

THE CEREMONY WITNESSED THE PRESENCE OF TWO STATES GOVERNORS, MINISTERS, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF GENERAL CHRISTOPHER MUSA, SERVICE CHIEFS, FORMER CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, THE WIFE OF THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF ARMY OFFICERS WIVES ASSOCIATION, MRS MARIYA ABIODU LAGBAJA, TRADITIONAL RULERS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS.

THESE 47 NEW MAJOR GENERALS WERE AMONG THE RECENT PROMOTIONS RELEASED BY THE NIGERIAN ARMY COUNCIL THAT ALSO SAW 75 COLONELS, MOVED TO BRIGADIER GENERALS AND ACCORDING TO THE NIGERIAN ARMY TRADITION, THEY HAVE BEEN DECORATED IN THEIR VARIOUS DIVISIONS AND FORMATIONS.
AS IT IS ALWAYS SAID, TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS EXPECTED.