The Nigerian Army has taken steps to enhance its senior Personnel capacity to confront the various emerging security challenges through strategic thinking to adapt to the rapidly changing operational realities.
The Chief of Training Nigerian Army, Major General Valentine Okoro stated this in Lagos when declaring open this year’s Nigerian ARMY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR ORGANIZED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CHARTERED.
About fifty senior officers are attending the seminar bringing the total number of participants that have passed through the school to over four thousand five hundred officers.
The Chief of Training Nigerian Army, Major General Valentine Okoro represented by the General officer Commanding 81division Major General Adebayo Babalola said the Nigerian Army operates within a dynamic security environment characterized by insurgency, terrorism, militancy and other forms of asymmetric threats hence the need to constantly strategize ways of overcoming the challenges.
Gen Okoro emphasised that the Seminar is designed to expose participants to modern leadership concepts, contemporary management practices and strategic thinking necessary for effective command and decision-making.
In an address of welcome the Commandant Nigeria army school of finance, co-host of the seminar, Brigadier General John Bulus stressed that the primary objective of the seminar which is the twenty fourth edition is to enhance the operational effectiveness, of senior officers to address contemporary security challenges through improved leadership, ethical and critical thinking skills in a joint environment.
On her part the Registrar, Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered), Mrs Taiwo Olusesi, who co-host emphasised that the hosting of the seminar by both organisation demonstrated a cordial relations in building the capacity of officers to maintain the culture of professionalism amongst officers of the Nigerian Army.
The theme for this year’s edition is “Adaptive Leadership in a Volatile Security Environment – Leading Effectively in the Era of Uncertainty and Rapid Change.
Reporting By Mary Fatile