Maj.- Gen Sagir Yaro, has formally accepted obligation as the 30th Commandant of the Nigerian Defense Academy (NDA) on Wednesday in Kaduna State.
The Academy Public Relations Officer, Major Bashir Jagira spread the word about this in an assertion gave on Thursday in Kaduna.
Jagira said Yaro took over from Maj.- Gen Jamil Sarham, who is presently to continue on a Senior Research Fellow course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Plateau State.
As per the assertion, Yaro, is a prepared senior military official of the Nigerian Army Corps of Engineers, and individual from the 36th Regular Course of the NDA, he has held a few arrangements cutting across Command, Staff and Instructional.
He said before his new arrangement, he was the General Managing Director, Nigerian Army Welfare Limited by Guarantee (NAWLG).
While tending to Principal Staff Officers, Deans and Heads of Departments during the giving over function, the active Commandant, portrayed the new Commandant as a regimental and pure blood Super Officer, who is blessed with immense openness and experience, which he expects will be brought to bear in running the undertakings of the Academy.
Sarham additionally guaranteed the staff that, the new commandant would proceed with the broad infrastructural advancement progressing at the Academy, just as support the enhancements that have been accomplished in the nature of preparing of cadets under his residency as Commandant.
He wished Yaro great wellbeing, God’s direction and insight in the release of his obligations as Commandant.
He additionally calling for help from military and regular citizen staff of the foundation for the new Commandant.
Sarham further featured a portion of his accomplishments as Commandant to incorporate the improvement of different instratructural projects across the institute.
Checked enhancements in the prepping and preparing of top quality cadets that are expertly receptive to the current difficulties and prepared to meet both current and future necessities of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
In his reaction, the new commandant, said thanks to God all-powerful and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, for discovering him deserving of the lucky arrangement as Commandant of NDA.
He praised his archetype on the different formative activities continuous in the institute and for the different creative thoughts he received during his residency as Commandant of the NDA.
He, in any case, swore to proceed in the overall improvement in the undertakings of the institute, towards accomplishing the mission and vision of the NDA and that of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
Yaro asked staff of the institute to accept cooperation to prevail in the significant assignment of creating all around prepared official cadets for the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that features of the occasion was the marking of the giving and assuming control over notes.
The design of the Incoming commandant with the NDA’s badge and raising of the NDA Flag which denotes the image of new expert in the foundation was likewise noticed.