Nigeria Air force promotes 78 senior officers

     The Air Force Council has approved the promotion of 78 senior officers to the next higher ranks in the Nigerian Air Force, NAF.
The promotions comprise 14 Air Vice Marshals, 19 Air Commodores and 45 Group Captains.

     The promotions are in line with one of the key drivers of the vision of the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, which is to promote and inculcate the core values of integrity, excellence and service delivery among NAF personnel.
As an annual exercise, the NAF undertakes promotion exercise to motivate officers and men towards rededicating themselves to duty, the Service and the nation at large.

     While those promoted to Group Captain Rank have already been decorated in their respective units, the decoration ceremony for the 33 newly promoted officers of air ranks has been scheduled for Wednesday 14 December 2016 at the Headquarters Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Abuja.