COAS Tasks Commanders On Operational Challenges

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has charged army commanders to tackle operational and other problems promptly to avoid complications.
Yahaya gave the charge on Monday at the 2023 First Commanding Officers’ Workshop, held at the 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Monday.
The “Transformational Leadership” workshop was organised by Army Headquarters Department of Transformation and Innovation with the theme, “Combat Readiness in Nigerian Army Units: Role of the Commanding Officers”.
Yahaya, who was represented by the Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf, said overlooking problems could lead to compounding it and making situations worse.
The COAS said prompt response to problems would ensure use of minimum resources and manpower to solve.
He further admonished all personnel to ensure that problems are solved through the hierarchy of command.
Yahaya said middle cadre officers were critical to warfare, being at the level where battles and engagements are planned and executed to accomplish operational level objectives.
According to him, the workshop was critical, considering the challenges bedevilling the nation and aimed at tackling same.
The COAS explained that the challenges required a unique leadership style embedded in the key tenets of his vision and command philosophy of professionalism, readiness, sound administration and cooperation.
Earlier, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Kaduna, Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Akinjobi, said the workshop was designed to improve the role of commanding officers in enhancing the combat readiness of their units to confront contemporary security challenges in the country.